Tuesday's podcast: The week in review with Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda

Guest:.......Bill Katz the editor of Urgent Agenda........The media and the lab........The January 6 videos.....Walmart and Portland.....Chicago election.....News media approvals.......and other stories.....

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Tuesday's video: Chairman Powell and more interest rates.....CNN and the lab leak.....

Chairman Powell and more interest rates.....CNN and the lab leak.....The rest of the January 6 videos....Walmart and Portland....and other stories...

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Hats off to Larry

 (My new American Thinker post)

Good morning -- and go on with the pursuit of happiness because former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is not running for president.   To paraphrase the late Del Shannon:   "Hats off to Larry, he broke your heart Just like you broke mine When you said we must part...."   Yes, it's tough when they say no, isn't it?

Governor Hogan is not running and here is the story:

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will not seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2024, he said Sunday.

“I did give it serious consideration, and I talked to people everywhere, and I talked to my family and it was a tough decision, but I’ve decided that I will not be a candidate for the Republican nomination for president,” Hogan told CBS’ Robert Costa during an interview on “Face the Nation.”

The reality is that Mr. Hogan never had a chance for a place on the ticket or even turning into the Spiro Agnew of 2024.  Back in 1968, GOP presidential candidate Richard Nixon shocked the world by picking Governor Agnew of Maryland as his running mate.  It did not work well in 1968 when Maryland voted for VP Humphrey and it did not matter in 1972 when President Nixon carried 49 states.  

Now, many are saying that Mr. Hogan took one for the country.  In other words, he wants to stay out so that you don't see a repeat of 2016 when it seemed that everybody was running for president.  In other words, let's keep it down to a couple of candidates so that former President Trump does not win the nomination with 30% of the primary vote.

My guess is that Mr. Hogan would have been a single digit candidate at best and would have dropped out early.  Hogan had no message or ideas on a stage dominated by the likes of Trump, DeSantis or even a Youngkin.  Hogan's hands were tied by a partisan Democrat legislature, from bad public schools or crime in Baltimore.

So good luck to Mr. Hogan.  It's a shame that he did not run for the US Senate and give the GOP a chance to win that seat.

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Happy # 87 Galen Cisco

Once upon a time, my brother and I collected baseball cards.   In fact, we still have most of them in a box.

Let us say happy birthday to Galen Cisco, who was born in Ohio on this day in 1936.   I remember Cisco because of his name.   After all, how many ballplayers are named Galen Cisco?

Galen broke with Boston in 1961 and joined the expansion Mets for the 1963 season.    Cisco went 18-43 in 4 seasons but he pitched better than his record would indicate.   After all, how often does a pitcher go 6-19 with a 3.62 ERA?    Cisco retired after the 1969 season.   He pitched for two expansion teams, the Mets of the NL and the Royals of the AL.

Cisco turned out to be a pretty good pitching coach for Toronto and developed young arms like Jimmy Key, Dave Stieb, Todd Stottlemyre, and David Wells.

Happy birthday Galen Cisco!

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Happy # 72 Jeff Burroughs

We say happy birthday to Jeff Burroughs, the first Texas Rangers superstar.    

He was born in California on this day in 1951 and drafted by the old Washington Senators who moved to Texas in 1972. 

In Texas, he became an instant sensation:  30 HR & 85 RBI in 1973.

A year later, Jeff hit .301 with 25 HR & 119 RBI and was named the 1974 AL MVP beating out Reggie Jackson and Rod Carew.

In 1975, Jeff hit 29 HR & 94 RBI but his strikeouts jumped to 155 and batting average dropped to .226!

He was traded to Atlanta and did well, hitting 41 HR with 114 RBI in 1977.  

Overall, he retired with a .261 average, 240 HR & 831 RBI.   

My memory of Jeff is mammoth home runs!    

Last, but not least, he wrote a book for Little League coaches after retiring from baseball.

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World War II : Rommel, the Desert Fox with Barry Jacobsens

Guest: Barry Jacobsen, military historian and blogger........we will remember Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel, known as the Desert Fox............and more stories............

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