A Bob's Life

  We witnessed an example of "shooting the messenger" yesterday. Trump fires statistics chief after soft jobs report The firing ye...

Trump at Alligator Alcatraz Somewhere in Florida July 1, 2025   It seems that we have becoming desensitized to the inhumane treatment that u...

Sidewalk Home Tequesta, Fl July 25, 2025   Being on the cusp of the weekend again is amazing. It has been a busy week, even though I have no...

Chris and I spent most of the day watching the TV coverage of the Texas flooding. The destruction is unimaginable.   I was a appalled that a...

 T he Senate Republicans caved.  If the House passes the revised Big Beautiful Bill (BBB, B3, or B-cubed), the American Dream is gone for at...

  Alligator Alcatraz !  Catchy name, but everything else about it is wrong.  It seems that the governments (Federal and Florida) are excited...

  The battles playing out in the courts right now are as compelling as the Super Bowl.  Seriously. I mean really, it's serious.  Watchin...

These are the times that try men's souls. - Thomas Paine This statement was true in 1776, and scarily enough it is true today as well, ...

  I was encouraged about Harvard University's response to Trump. No--we won't be bought.  According to Reuters : April 14 (Reuters) ...

  Chaos and confusion. That pretty well sums up the week we just managed to live through.  It is apparent that there is no master plan, the ...

Hands-off Day Protest Sign April 5, 2025 American voters been duped by a classic Bait & Switch. The chaos and confusion we are experienc...

 T here is so much happening in the U.S. right now that it is almost impossible to remember events are underway around the world.  I maintai...

  I was appalled when I read that senior government officials planned the March 15th Houthi attack using a tool called Signal and invited a...

  It was a bit of a rollercoaster ride this week. It is clear to me that neither the president nor vice-president understand the Constitutio...

Winn-Dixie Hobe Sound, FL March 12, 2025   Shopping yesterday in a local market I saw, for the first time, eggs marked at $10 per dozen. I a...

  Something about yesterday's stock market downturn and the fable about Nero playing the fiddle while Rome burned hit me when I read:  “...

  I felt that it was my civic duty to listen to the President's address to the joint session of Congress last night.  All of it, to the ...

  There are so many distractions, especially in the news. It can be hard in this era of chaos and confusion to keep an eye on the important ...

Pelican Duo Blowing Rocks Marina Tequesta, FL February 4, 2024   With daytime highs in the low 80s, South Florida is perhaps the best place ...

  I have been reading to and listening to the president-elect's desires to invade the Panama Canal and Greenland, and annex Canada .  Ar...