Editorial

On June 4, 1989, an election was held in Poland, at the time a solid member of the Soviet bloc, a dedicated communist government that had the full support of their masters in the Soviet Kremlin. The results were supposed to be totally predictable. Only a third of the seats in the lower house of Parliament were at stake. And while the new Senate of 100 members was open for election for the first time, the Senate had little power and was viewed as a “safety valve” for the rulers. To say the powers that be thought the outcome was rigged is an understatement of historic proportions.

Have you heard the news? This is big. Really big. In just a matter of weeks, Duck Dynasty will return to TV on the A&E network. It doesn’t seem too long ago that America was consumed with the saga of head Duck Phil Robertson and the pros and cons of his right to rants and raves about homophobia and his experiences with neighboring African Americans, who, according to Phil, were happy as a lark in Redneck country when he was growing up.

President Donald Trump has paused for 30 days a 25 percent tariff on Mexican goods and another 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods and 10 percent tariff on Canadian energy products after both countries acceded to the President’s demands to contribute to border security, preventing illegal migration and drug trafficking flows.