My impression is that Mr. Zuckerberg is a very brilliant, successful genius who totally lacks a basic ethical compass.

It is not a pleasant process to try to improve things as much as we can. The students’ demonstration has inspired us to keep trying.

We are seeing history repeat itself as a president risks his political capital for nuclear peace.

We have a news bias problem. I know of no silver-bullet solution except for hard work and high standards by reporters. We must all do better as producers and consumers of the news.

We seem to enjoy being a military state. We loved Kennedy’s war speeches, and we have followed his direction. Now, apparently, we will have a great military parade in Washington to tie all this together.

If all the senators of both parties present were so shocked and indignant at President Trump’s alleged slur, why didn’t they walk out of the meeting?

I usually try to be as positive about Congress and the Trump administration as possible, but my hopes for real tax reform have been dashed by this artificial bill.

I hope Congress can still focus on the serious legislation that must be passed this fall. We seem bogged down by this, and I honestly do not have a silver-bullet solution. We must try to use a moral standard and not politics in deciding these cases.

These are probably not as exciting as President Trump’s trip to Asia, but they are a part of the nitty-gritty, essential work that Washington is supposed to do.

Several national publications have conceded that if Trump were to run the same race today he would probably win it by a wider margin. If his health remains good, I believe he will probably be re-elected in 2020.

It is now up to average citizens to question politicians who glibly promise tax cuts without giving commitments on what spending cuts they will simultaneously attach to the same bill.

The American people are more interested in what a movie star has to say than what any member of Congress has to say. It is somewhat ironic, but that is how it really works in our culture.

Having spent 22 years in Congress, I have long been an advocate for Congress to be more active and to take a lead as the Constitution provides it should. However, Congress is doing very little these days.

Citizens must send a wakeup call to both Congressmen and Senators and have the courage to tell then that we can’t have a tax cut unless we do something about our spiraling deficit.

There will always be problems in our republic, but we can overcome them with hard work, prayer and perseverance.

Even after supporting his opponent, I recognize this time as a critical moment for us all to give our new President-elect an offer of support and cooperation.