Mike Berman's Washington Watch

There are 17,985 police agencies in the United States. [Wikipedia] Continue reading “This and That”

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020

On the wall next to the door to my home office is a photograph of the Justices of the U. S. Supreme Court. Seated in the front row are Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, and Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy. Continue reading “About Ruth Bader Ginsburg”

“A leader is a dealer in hope.”
-Napoleon Bonaparte Continue reading “Quotes”

As of 10/4/20, a CNN poll found that 40% of registered voters approved of the job that President Trump is doing while 57% disapprove. 30% of women approve of the job he is doing along with 49% of men, while 67% of women disapprove along with 46% of men. Continue reading “President Trump”

The 59th presidential election will take place on November 3, 2020. 18 days from today. Continue reading “2020”

Approval of the Congress generally remains quite bleak. Continue reading “Congress”

Inventions by Women
(Thanks to Peter Hart)

The Car Heater
We all owe our thanks to Margaret A Wilcox who invented the car heater in 1893. (Margaret also invented a combined clothes washer/dishwasher.) Continue reading “Women Will Get It Done”

In this new feature of the Washington Watch, WW will primarily suggest books you may find interesting but now and then it may also mention a TV program, and other things. I would welcome your suggestions and your input. What have you been reading that you think WW readers might like? Continue reading “WW Recommends Books and Other Things”

*Any statements in this issue of the Watch which are not sourced are mine and identified by “WW”.

67% of registered voters say the country is on the wrong track, that includes 61% of men and 71% of women. Continue reading “State of the Nation”