On Independence Day, Remembering a Yankees Star and American Hero
by Joe Guzzardi, July 1, 2021
Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Coleman was a New York Yankees second baseman who won the 1949 Rookie of the Year award, and in 1950, the World Series Most Valuable Player award.
After his playing career ended in 1957, Coleman broadcast New York Yankees, California Angels and then, for 40 years, San Diego Padres games. Coleman also had a brief, unsuccessful stint as the Padres manager.
Although Ted Williams and Coleman served in World War II and Korea, only Coleman saw active duty in both conflicts. In World War II, Williams was a stateside flying instructor, while Coleman flew Douglas SBD Dauntless bombers over the Pacific.
Commentary: Joe Guzzardi - Failed policies a boon for human smugglers
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Commentary: Joe Guzzardi - Migration s root cause: Biden and Harris
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Migrationâs Root Causes Identified: Biden and Harris
by Joe Guzzardi, June 10, 2021
Two and a half months have passed since President Joe Biden designated Vice President Kamala Harris as his administrationâs border czar. Harris, who half-heartedly accepted her daunting new task, has neither been to the Southwest border to personally watch the ongoing illegal immigrant influx nor given a press conference on the subject.
But she did meet with Alejandro Giammattei and Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the Guatemalan and Mexican presidents, to address what the White House refers to as migrationâs âroot causes.â
The Biden administrationâs critics, specifically of its border mismanagement, are disappointed that a two-day public relations trip is offered up as a serious approach to the grave problem that tens of thousands of arriving migrants represents. On the eve of her trip, officials announced that Harris will offer coronavirus vaccines, and millions o