Greetings! Joe Biden, late night host?  Most of the East Coast was probably asleep by the time the President took the stage just before 11:30 at last night’s DNC.  That was a kick in the dentures to POTUS Joe, as well as a disservice to his supporters who wanted to see him take a bow and graciously anoint Kamala Harris.  Still, there was a lot to like last night, such as call-to-arms speeches by Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez and Hillary Clinton (her best ever, IMO).  The pundit class has been busy all morning showering praise on the DNC high points.  One of my favorites was Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr who led  the USA basketball team to Olympic  gold.  He was funny, irreverent, insightful, and best of all he was succinct. Kerr’s basketball credentials give him strong appeal to young male voters the Dems want to pull it. Hope Kerr’s  full-throttled support of democracy and the Harris/Waltz ticket won't cost  him future employment and endorsements but he’s got my vote for whatever he does...A Wall Street Journal op-ed appears strategically timed for the start of DNC. GOP Veep hopeful and cat lady hater JD Vance writes in the WSJ that Kamala Harris is waging a war on U.S. energy…Week’s weirdest headline from the right, courtesy of WND: “How the German Gay Movement Groomed Hitler.” Apologies, but I can’t bring myself to read it…In his latest column for us, TheRighting’s David Lieberman reveals that Wall Street has soured on right wing media companies including one owned by a certain ex-president…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings! The Democratic National Convention opens tonight in Chicago, putting me in a Windy City state of mind. And to help you get in the mood for four nights of political fanfare in Chi-town, here’s a random sampling of songs, books, films and TV that showcase the heart and soul of the City of Big Shoulders: Songs: My Kind of Town, Chicago Is(Frank Sinatra) and Sweet Home Chicago (Blues Brothers version of the Robert Johnson classic);  Books: The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair and Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago, by Mike Royko; TV: The Bear; Movies: The Untouchables. And most on point, Medium Cool, filmed during the tumultuous 1968 DNC…Just in time for school! In his latest column, John Stossel, former resident libertarian at Fox Business News and ABC News, is promoting the tome  Lies My Liberal Teacher Taught Me, by Wilfred Reilly…NewsBusters has a bone to pick with the current issue of Time magazine featuring a drawing of Kamala Harris with the cover line “Her Moment.”  They describe Time’s depiction of her as “somewhere between Miss America and a religious icon.”  My issue with the cover is the quality of the artwork because it looks more like an unfinished sketch…Pat Boone just released a new song that should be music to the ears of MAGA-world and a certain resident of Mar-a-Lago.  The title says it all: Where Did America Go?  The 90-year-old crooner, who decades ago was a Top Ten sensation with limp versions of classics by Little Richard and Chuck Berry,  belts out the song draped in a baggy American flag shirt….If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard