Tag: Republican

A Native New Yorker Apologizes to America

The first time I voted I needed to declare a party preference.  Coming of age in the 70’s in the Empire State crime was everywhere.  The Son of Sam was following his neighbor’s dog Harvey’s instructions to kill people on Gotham’s mean, unsympathetic streets.  Meanwhile, factories upstate were closing, as local restaurants were suggesting people…

What Happens to Talk Radio in November?

Translation: If you’re going down, you might as well go down in a memorable way. Donald Trump sure is memorable and the same could have been said about talk radio some 20 years ago. Conservative talk radio and the Republican party are connected, once again trying to energize their common “base.”  Each are equally disconnected…

Tax Day Trivia

Here’s some tax day trivia.  It was Abraham Lincoln, a Republican President, who created the first income tax in the United States in 1861.  The money was used to fund the Civil War.  The tax form was 4 pages, one page of instructions, two pages for itemizing and the final summary page (shown above). It…