(Akiit.com) Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin got his day in court. He was able to put on a plausible defense that George’s Floyd’s death did not come at his hands (or knee) but because of Floyd’s prior severe medical conditions. A recent USA Today/Ipsos poll found that a lot of people ...
(Akiit.com) Democrats’ “Corrupt Politicians Act” pending in the Senate is a frontal assault on our Constitution’s federalist recipe for freedom which has served on nation well for centuries, putting Congress in complete control of its own elections. The American people must oppose this hostile takeover of our right to vote. ...
(Akiit.com) Am I the only one who finds it head-scratching that President Joe Biden, who wants to spend $2 trillion of taxpayer money on “infrastructure,” is the same president whose first act in the White House was to kill a multibillion-dollar oil and gas pipeline that would create some 15,000 ...
(Akiit.com) The harsh reality of COVID-19 is that everyone is not going to take the vaccine. Don’t get me wrong, this is not an encouragement for anyone to not get the vaccine. I’m just looking at the reality of what we are facing as we fight our way out of this ...
(Akiit.com) I just watched a documentary about the horrors of 9/11. You remember that day, don’t you? This year will mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Sept. 11, 2001. The day the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center collapsed in New York City. The day about 3,000 of our ...
(Akiit.com) Mitch McConnell has been presented with the spectacle of giant American corporations taking sides on a political issue, and his eyes were seared by the sight. The Senate Republican leader could not have imagined Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola, much less Major League Baseball, coming out against a piece ...
(Akiit.com) The ubiquitous human rights group Amnesty International recently released its report on “the state of the world’s human rights.” It calls attention to a wide range of issues spanning 149 countries, including many that remain unresolved. Within this category, the1988 massacre of Iranian political prisoners, described as the worst crime against humanity ...
(Akiit.com) The murder trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has begun, ten months after George Floyd died in the street with Chauvin’s knee on his neck. Americans, especially Black Americans, are watching closely to see if justice will be done. The beginning of the trial made me profoundly sad, but ...
(Akiit.com) “A crony anti-infrastructure plan” is, sadly, the best description of the Biden administration’s proposed $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan. It’s insanely expensive and unnecessary, especially coming, as it does, on top of last year’s fiscal insanity. Over the past year, our leaders have spent $6 trillion in bailout and COVID-19 ...
(Akiit.com) Most people are looking to boost their business in the grandest terms possible. Many companies believe that they got to go big or go home. There is absolutely nothing wrong with thinking big, but this means that you are greatly overlooking the importance of starting small. So many businesses ...
(Akiit.com) It’s a brawl. In this corner weighing several hundred tons with leathery reptile skin, Godzilla. In that corner weighing in at several hundred tons and wearing a fur coat, Kong. Wait for the bell to ring. Wait for it… These two superstar behemoth monsters are being cast together like WWE ...
(Akiit.com) In Georgia, Donald Trump’s big lie that the election was stolen has now been turned into bad law — an election law designed to make it harder for minorities and the young to vote. This is, as President Joe Biden stated, the new Jim Crow, a blatant attempt by ...