(Akiit.com) “History will note she is the most consequential Speaker of the House of Representatives in our history. There are countless examples of how she embodies the obligation of elected officials to uphold their oath to God and country to ensure our democracy delivers and remains a beacon to the ...
(Akiit.com) (***) It’s a very simple story, at first. A modest allegory that pits religious fanaticism against common sense in a test of wills that slowly becomes biblical. Ireland 1862, 13 years after the Great Famine of 1845/49 caused millions of deaths. Anna (Kíla Lord Cassidy), an 11-year-old girl living ...
(Akiit.com) Happy Thanksgiving. This has been quite a year. Normally I release my annual “Root Turkey Awards” – for the biggest winners and losers of 2022. But I’m going to only announce my big winners this year. Because we all need a jolt of positivity. I’m sure the media and ...
(Akiit.com) Think back five years to the frenzy of news reporting and commentary over what was called Trump-Russia “collusion” — the allegation that the 2016 Trump campaign conspired with Russia to fix the presidential election. Most of the coverage, and especially the commentary, seemed predicated on the belief that collusion ...
(Akiit.com) Our voting responsibilities ARE NOT finished! Our obligation to the ancestors requires us to engage in one more election this season. We must vote – with either our ballots or our contributions. I most certainly won’t tell you who to vote for. I won’t even directly recommend a candidate ...
(Akiit.com) In a long, meandering speech at his Mar-a-Lago home last week, former President Donald Trump formally announced his third candidacy for president of the United States. Though he touched on some great points and avoided some of the pitfalls he’s fallen into of late – like pointlessly attacking popular ...
(Akiit.com) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott – a Republican – doesn’t mince words. He is more than unhappy about the invasion of his state by illegal aliens crossing the Texas border with Mexico. He calls it an “invasion,” and he plans to put an end to it. According to a report ...
(Akiit.com) Ben Shapiro was blunt on Twitter. He had discovered “the most sycophantic book review ever written.” The book was the second come from multimillionaire author and advice guru Michelle Obama. The review appeared in The New York Times, from the paper’s “Help Desk” columnist Judith Newman. She’s “the help,” ...
(Akiit.com) L.A. Mayoral candidate Karen Bass has a 100-day plan for tackling some of the gaping problems facing L.A. The runaway number one of which is the homelessness debacle. A big part of Bass’s 100-day plan centers on that. She does not offer any pie in the ski promises that ...
(Akiit.com) There’s no need for an autopsy, the body has already been torn apart a million different ways. There is no shortage of people offering their hot takes on why it was Republicans did so poorly in the midterms (including my own, which I believe to be the correct option). ...
(Akiit.com) When you’re looking for a hotel, the internet can be a great resource. But not all websites are created equal. Some websites are more reliable than others, and some offer more information than others. So how do you know which hotel website to trust? And what should you look for when you’re ...
(Akiit.com) “It is the policy of the Government of the United States to…promote the full realization of equal employment opportunity through a continuing affirmative program in each executive department and agency.” — President Richard M. Nixon, Executive Order 11478 (August 8, 1969) Resulting from the concerted efforts of Civil Rights activists, ...