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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Convenience is as good a reason to do a thing as any. You might say that convenience is a finger of destiny pointing you in the luckiest direction imaginable. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Large margins of error are given to those who produce large smiles. You love people in your life that make you laugh. They can get away with so much more. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You know that if you don’t like what you’re getting, then you need to adjust what you’re giving. And yet, sometimes, it’s hard to see the correlation. Trusted outside parties who will share ...

Politicians on the take?

Politicians shut down businesses because of COVID-19. But the rules don’t apply to everyone. In San Francisco, gyms were forced to close, but government gyms stayed open. In my new video, we see a Dallas woman being jailed for keeping her salon open and a New Jersey man getting arrested after working out indoors. Ordinary people who break the rules get punished. But not House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Politicians are special. Now, politicians have allowed more businesses to open. Dallas relaxed its rules for most businesses a few months ago. But not for Dale Davenport’s car ...

‘College’ part of system

Let’s squarely face an ugly possibility: President Trump could get elected a second time without winning the popular vote. Indeed, according to most experts, that’s the only way he could be reelected. This would surely prompt another chorus of calls to scrap the Electoral College. I think that would be a mistake. I say that even as I acknowledge that Trump has undermined the Electoral College’s legitimacy — not because he owes his election to it, but because of how he has behaved since taking office. One of the Electoral College’s purposes is to broaden the president’s ...

Peace and prosperity

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman observed in a column he wrote in 1996 that “no two countries that both have a McDonald’s have ever fought a war against each other.” Some have looked into how ironclad this rule is. But, in general, the point is pretty powerful. The assumption is that countries that have American fast food franchises are generally interested in freedom of commerce, and that the more a nation’s focus is on commerce and economic prosperity, the less it is interested in war. This provides perspective on the new historic peace agreement signed by the ...

Hit-job parade of authors

It must be fall campaign season, because our incredibly tilted Democratic media are rotating through a series of authors ripping into President Donald Trump. Start with the most overpraised journalist in Washington, Bob Woodward, who is the same age as Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden but is still trotted out with great fanfare as the conquering hero of Watergate. Everywhere he goes, it seems Woodward is asked to declare that Trump’s term in office has been “worse than Watergate.” Tony Dokoupil on CBS insisted that “no one died in Watergate,” while Trump is somehow ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: I would like your input on how to handle a tricky situation. Many times, I am asked to write a letter of recommendation or make a recommendation for someone seeking a new job or promotion. What do I do if the person is qualified for the job/promotion but I do not feel comfortable writing the letter of recommendation as I have nothing of value or significance that I would like to share on behalf of this person? Recently, I was asked by my supervisor to write a letter of recommendation for another person that I work with. We started at the company at the same time and I ...