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COMMENTARY

America has the best politicians money can buy. Let ‘em show it | Frank DeFilippo

BY: - April 28, 2022

Let's treat our pols like NASCAR treats its drivers. Put sponsorships patches on their suits, so we know where they stand.

COMMENTARY

Yes, vaxxing can be vexing. But it beats dying any day | Frank DeFilippo

BY: - October 4, 2021

There’s lots of caterwauling and misinformation about the abstraction called “freedom” from people who probably couldn’t define the word if it jumped up and kicked them.

COMMENTARY

Waiting for the mail, and longing for the return of the Pony Express | Frank DeFilippo

BY: - March 28, 2021

America can put a dune buggy on Mars, 140 million miles away, but can’t deliver mail across town. Honk if you favor the return of the Pony Express.

COMMENTARY

In Washington, pork is power. That’s why earmarks are making a comeback | Frank DeFilippo

BY: - March 4, 2021

Earmarks benefit constituents and communities as well as their sponsors.

COMMENTARY

On July 4, I’ll be tuning out the Trump cacophony | Frank A. DeFillipo

BY: - July 3, 2019

R.S.V.P. No thanks, and no excuses, Mr. President. The Fourth of July comes with reverence for the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, along with echoes of Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Reagan and Obama. They were speakers who had something to say, and said it well.