Greetings!  We’re a day past the autumnal equinox, where each 24-hours is filled with more darkness than light.  Here’s hoping that’s not a metaphor for Election Day.…Just what we don’t need: Sometime in the next two weeks The Donald  has vowed to take his presidential  campaign circus to Springfield, Ohio, where the  ex-POTUS has caused mayhem with his lies about Haitian immigrants feasting on dogs, cats and geese. With any luck, he’ll wind up in Springfield, Illinois (NY Times)…Craziest headline from the right for the week of Sept. 16: Washington Free Beacon’s Horny Dads for Kamala….Do Jews need protection from Donald Trump and his MAGA minions? The Jewish Telegraphic Agency says there are serious reasons for concern.….Flame-throwing NY Post columnist Miranda Devine claims she has the real dope on what really happened in Ukraine with Hunter and Joe Biden.  (Spoiler alert: she asserts they were up to no good.)   All the alleged sordid details are in her new tome  The Big Guy: How a President and His Son Sold Out America.  The NY Post published an excerpt  yesterday.  Devine has to be  unhappy that “Big Guy” Biden dropped out of the White House race, making her book seem like old news…Dept. Of Disbelief: Trump told conservative commentator Sharyl Attkisson that he won’t run in 2028 if he loses his current presidential bid. Here’s the full transcript of the interview. Who believes him?…The Springfield Sun published an editorial over the weekend denouncing JD Vance’s lies about Haitian immigrants eating their neighbors pets..  My question:  what took the Springfield, Ohio, daily so long to stand up to the lying Veep wannabee?...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! Wall Street Journal contributor Lance Morrow has penned a perceptive column about how George Wallace, the former governor of Alabama who was an avowed segregationist, foretold Donald Trump.  “His rhetoric foreshadowed MAGA, especially in his emphasis on middle American common sense and a resentful pride—implicitly underdog—that was arrayed against ‘the elites,’” writes Morrow.  It’s worth recalling for those of us fuzzy on the history of the 60s, that Wallace ran for president in 1968 as an independent and garnered  13.5% of the popular vote.  He also won 45 electoral votes and was especially popular with young male…WND reports that about 20 people attending a Trump rally in Arizona last week suffered blurred vision and some went to the ER.  No cause was mentioned.  Notably, Democrats were not blamed…Looks like New York Magazine’s star political reporter Olivia Nuzzi couldn’t curb her enthusiasm for RFK Jr. who she profiled a year ago.  She was just placed on leave after an alleged sexting relationship with the former third party candidate.  RFK Jr. is married to “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Cheryl Hines (Status News)…Weekend Watch:  “American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez.” I’ve only seen the first two episodes of the multi-part series which bowed on Hulu this week, but I’m already hooked. (Here’s the two-minute trailer.) It’s a riveting character study of former NFL superstar tight end Hernandez and an indictment of college and professional football.  The troubled New England Patriots star was convicted for the murder of a friend and committed suicide in prison in 2017…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard