Exuberance over Kamala Harris is not irrational, it is rational exuberance. I am usually not an optimist when it comes to politics, but I believe that what is happening now is not a honeymoon but rather a campaign like I have never seen before. Kamala Harris has it all. When compared with Donald Trump, she is young and will capture the youth vote. Forty states have abortion on the ballot and that will bring out women like never before. She is not just a woman, she is a black woman and that will bring out the black vote . I…

JD Vance and Trump have chosen to attack Tim Walz claiming that he lied when he said he carried an AR 15 like weapon in war when he actually had no combat experience. Apart from the fact that he technically was at war by being in Italy and training for going to Afghanistan the irony is that he was at risk as an artillery noncom for the 24 years that he was in the National Guard while JD Vance was nothing more than a clerical paper pusher for the four years he was in the Marine Corps. As an artillery…

On this date, the second world war was going into high gear. The Russians were winning battle after battle against the Nazis, recovering land that the Nazis had acquired during their invasion.   On this date, the second world war was going into high gear. The Russians were winning battle after battle against the Nazis, recovering land that the Nazis had acquired during their invasion.   There was a convoy battle in the Arctic sea where cargo ships were heading to Russia and were attacked by a superior German force. Accompanying destroyers fought them off for two hours before British…