Joseph E. Fahey

God Sees

Last Tuesday night was a bad night for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.

It was a bad night for his puppet master, Steve Bannon.

It was a bad night for Donald Trump.

A Government of One

One of the enduring principles of our democracy is that no man is above the law, including the President of the United States.

That was reinforced three times throughout our history during the presidencies of Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton.

A Dubious Achievement

Charles Manson died this past week at the age of eighty-three.

He was the leader of a cult called the Manson family in California during the latter half of the 1960’s.

On August 9th and 10th in 1969, he and some of his followers slaughtered seven…

Failing the Franchise

This past Tuesday was Election Day.

While it was an “off year” election, one which had no Presidential or Congressional races, the offices being filled were nevertheless important.

And Visions of Sugar Plums…

This past week, State Comptroller, Tom DiNapoli, reported in a mid-fiscal year update that tax collections are three-hundred seventy-one million dollars below the expected personal income tax collections projected by the State Budget Division.