(Akiit.com) Two days before he was sworn in as Utah’s junior U.S. senator, Mitt Romney published an op-ed in The Washington Post, publicly broadcasting, once again, his disapproval of President Donald Trump. Disappointing, but not surprising. Something seems to compel those in the never-Trump crowd not only to perpetually obsess over ...
(Akiit.com) On Christmas Eve in 1818, exactly 200 years ago, Austrian Priest Father Joseph Mohr and his parish music director, Franz Gruber unveiled the Christmas Carol “Stille Nacht”- Silent Night. The first performance at the Church of St. Nicholas was met with “the general approval of all” according to writings of ...
(Akiit.com) I will never forget the first time I realize that Barack Obama was clueless about the Middle East. I was traveling in the US during the 2008 campaign. An Obama commercial stuck with me like a bone in my throat. In speaking about the Middle East he said something to ...
(Akiit.com) By the time you read this, you’ll know whether the federal government has been partially shut down for the holidays. You’ll also know whether Donald Trump had the political courage and brains to do what Republicans running Congress have failed to do for two years– put their butts on the ...
(Akiit.com) It was an historic power grab. Not the Republicans taking back the White House after a controversial, razor-thin win by George W. Bush over Al Gore. It was the vice president-elect, Dick Cheney, out maneuvering George Jr. and becoming the puppet master. Cheney: “No one has shown the world the ...
(Akiit.com) A few years ago when then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence came under intense national media scrutiny, first in the gay hysteria surrounding that state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act in 2015 and then in 2016 when he was tapped as Donald Trump’s running mate, he was widely ridiculed for having a certain ...
(Akiit.com) It’s Christmas season, and Santa is checking his list twice to see who’s been naughty and who’s been nice. The Democratic Party has made its own list, and this season unionized workers will find coal in their stockings. For decades, organized labor was the backbone of the Democratic Party, providing ...
(Akiit.com) We are witnessing a truly historic vote in the U.S. Senate today. Democrats are openly choosing to side with drug cartels, human traffickers, terrorists and the destruction of our national sovereignty instead of keeping the American people—their actual constituents—safe and secure. I never expected growing up that this is how ...
(Akiit.com) According to the report I saw, a yoga group at American University spontaneously disintegrated after an “American University student … complained to AU’s President’s Council on Diversity and Inclusion … after seeing a non-Indian group perform an Indian epic in the school’s yoga club.” The episode well illustrates the insanely ...
(Akiit.com) For DC comic book fans, there is good news and bad news. First the negatives, and then the positive reasons why Aquaman may still make a dent in the box office, even if it isn’t perfect. What’s lacking: The special effects (visual effects supervisor Kelvin McIlwain) aren’t exceptional. Visions of Arthur/Aquaman ...
(Akiit.com) Every month, it seems another state or local government holds a vote on whether they should tax sugar-sweetened beverages. Recently, a broad coalition of Washingtonians, including labor unions such as the Teamsters, Machinists, and Building Trades, voted to ensure that groceries and beverages are exempted from new taxes that raise ...
(Akiit.com) As we’ve looked at the races for U.S. Senate and Governors of States, many of us are absolutely certain the wrong person was credited with the victory. Looking at all the voter suppression that so brazenly took place in the last Presidential race and the races mentioned in the most ...