Sally Morris
Saturday, November 16, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on November 16, 2024 at 03:08 pm
The chickens are flocking in to roost now, as the people of North Carolina still wait for needed help to recover from Hurricane Helene. The devastation is horrific. We have…...
By
Beacon Author
on November 16, 2024 at 01:13 pm
He hit the ground running. In the week since his landslide victory, President-Elect Trump has already gone to work to fix the mess in Washington. He has assembled an impressive…...
Monday, November 11, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on November 11, 2024 at 08:44 am
I saw an interesting pop poll on the internet the other day. The question was whether the reader/viewer thought that now that Trump has been elected, should we go after…...
Saturday, November 09, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on November 9, 2024 at 09:00 am
It is post-election weekend! As the result of a massive turnout of voters Trump prevailed. Now that it is over, all but for Nevada and Arizona, the wailing has begun…...
Monday, November 04, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on November 4, 2024 at 10:21 pm
After a long and tumultuous and dramatic campaign season, we are now at election eve, and we all have doubts, fears, hopes and theories. Some of us have voted already…...
Sunday, November 03, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on November 3, 2024 at 09:54 am
OK. I have heard about P’Nut the Squirrel and Fred the Raccoon and their grisly fates. I have also heard from a lot of idiots who say, “So what? It’s…...
Friday, November 01, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on November 1, 2024 at 06:47 pm
Recently I had a conversation with a co-worker. “Have you voted yet?” I asked her. “No, not yet,” she answered. I told her to be sure she votes YES on…...
Saturday, October 19, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on October 19, 2024 at 11:26 pm
It’s time now to put some discussion out there on the table revolving around the election of 2020. Firstly, I want to put my own opinions out there. Then I…...
Saturday, October 05, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on October 5, 2024 at 02:56 pm
Some readers will recall their experiences with FEMA following the disastrous 1997 flood in the Red River Valley. For many, FEMA left a bad taste. We saw a lot of…...
Wednesday, October 02, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on October 2, 2024 at 05:07 pm
I struggled over this piece. On one hand, I hate to bring things down, to draw attention to the failure of a Republican candidate, but on the other, there are…...
Friday, September 20, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on September 20, 2024 at 10:24 am
"What could be unburdened by what has been." A few thoughts on Kamala Harris’ economic plans for us. Donald Trump is wrong again when he says Kamala Harris has…...
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on September 11, 2024 at 08:17 pm
Trump's lackluster performance might have had many conservatives wishing they had Ron DeSantis on the debate stage instead. ...
Sunday, September 01, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on September 1, 2024 at 01:04 pm
Kamala Harris has proposed perhaps the worst possible idea - and coming from her, that is definitely saying something. I am referring to her plan to implement taxation of “unrealized…...
Thursday, August 29, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on August 29, 2024 at 08:59 am
I am finally resigned to a shabby Republican Party represented by Donald Trump. Okay. You all win. I will be voting for Trump again. I had held out for the…...
Tuesday, August 06, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on August 6, 2024 at 12:05 pm
Election integrity is in far better hands with citizens like Lydia Gissele of North Dakota, than with members of Congress. If you doubt this, read on. All of a…...
Monday, August 05, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on August 5, 2024 at 02:45 pm
Here’s a good question, in the wake of Joe Biden being threatened with imposition of the 25th Amendment (replacing the President of the United States due to his inability to…...
Friday, August 02, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on August 2, 2024 at 11:00 am
The Paris Olympics have been quite the magnet for controversy this year. It began with what many saw as a shocking display of obscenity in the opening ceremonies, including what…...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on July 24, 2024 at 07:49 pm
This is going to be quick - I have a long night of work ahead of me. But I think we can be quick here. By now we all know…...
Monday, July 22, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on July 22, 2024 at 07:55 am
When I wrote last week about the attempt to assassinate Donald Trump I mentioned that I would not find in this egregious incident a reason to vote for him. I…...
Sunday, July 21, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on July 21, 2024 at 10:05 am
The fix seems to be in now. The way we can tell is that anyone who asks a normal kind of question is immediately labeled a “conspiracy theorist”, which is…...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on July 17, 2024 at 01:30 pm
The story of the week - indeed of the summer - is not the Republican National Convention’s coronation of Donald Trump as its nominee once more for President, but rather…...
Friday, June 21, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on June 21, 2024 at 09:57 am
Well, folks, are we all ready for the next round of “World Pandemic”? I hope everyone is ready for the onslaught of “bird flu”, because this will be the next…...
Sunday, June 16, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on June 16, 2024 at 09:21 am
Just a few thoughts on the puzzle of why Putin has not decimated all of Ukraine. It has been observed that Russia (Putin) does not want to overrun and occupy…...
Sunday, June 09, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on June 9, 2024 at 09:50 am
A strange incident at Kennedy International Airport earlier this week, a seemingly minor event, should serve to open our eyes to the significant threat the Biden administration and a long…...
Saturday, April 06, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on April 6, 2024 at 01:31 pm
In 1998, the United States Senate unanimously passed a resolution establishing April 6 as “Tartan Day” in recognition of the enormous contributions of the people and leaders of Scotland throughout…...
Monday, March 25, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on March 25, 2024 at 09:40 pm
In the 1944 movie Gaslight, a sinister “Gregory Anton” played by Charles Boyer, slowly tortures his pretty wife, “Paula Alquist” played by Ingrid Bergman, with a series of mind tricks…...
Saturday, February 10, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on February 10, 2024 at 02:45 pm
We, who are of an age to have learned something of history in school, will know that WWI - which changed the world forever - did not start because someone…...
Wednesday, February 07, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on February 7, 2024 at 03:36 pm
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has delivered its finding that former President Donald Trump is “not immune” to prosecution for “insurrection”. Well, well, well. What a surprise. The little…...
Sunday, January 28, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on January 28, 2024 at 10:54 am
The border crisis has become a sort of “constitutional” crisis as Texas Governor Greg Abbott stands firmly behind his policy to secure the border - at least in Eagle Pass. …...
Friday, January 19, 2024
By
Beacon Author
on January 19, 2024 at 11:14 am
This week the months of speculation on the famous Iowa Caucus were settled and Trump won with results as follows: Trump - 51%, DeSantis - 21.2%, Haley - 19.1%, Ramaswamy…...
Page 2 of 26 pages