EPISODE #156 TOO MUCH “THANKS”GIVING?
Frank is certainly not opposed to politeness but wonders why one select group of people get endless public “thanks” for simply doing their job?

Frank is certainly not opposed to politeness but wonders why one select group of people get endless public “thanks” for simply doing their job?
Frank tips his hat to the person who has been turning history into compelling entertainment for nearly 40 years.
$14 B was spent on the 2020 campaign. There must be a way to take this obscene amount of money out of politics.
Were the election pollsters wrong, yet again, or are they actually proving something supremely nefarious? A must listen.
Yes, it’s convenient but does it really our election system well? Frank doesn’t think so and suggests a solution.
Frank makes the case that foreign interference and disinformation pale in comparison to the undue influence polls have over elections. He maintains they should NOT be made public.
Frank objects to political ads selling candidates like soap - only without the same standards for truth in advertising.
The Presidential debates have been frustrating to watch. Frank says they can easily be fixed. Plus your emails about climate change.
Renowned naturalist and documentary film maker, Sir David Attenborough, believes earth (as we have known it) is entering its death throes due to climate change. Is he right?
More of your emails: including the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg; plus, did record companies conspire to change our musical tastes to bolster their bottom line?
Your reactions to what Frank called “the worst idea in the world”, “Oscar madness” and requiring tests before allowing people to vote.
How did we go from giants like Gershwin and Sinatra to what we have today? Frank explains it. Hint: follow the money (what else is new?)
Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia proved we can ALL agree to disagree without being disagreeable.
While the conventional clamor has always been for greater voter participation, Frank thinks we should be more concerned about quality rather than quantity.
The Academy Awards announces a criteria for diversity that must me met for any film to be nominated for Best Picture.
A new book proposes the U.S. purposely triples its population to a billion people in order to compete with China and India.
More of your emails, this time concerning a fallout from coronavirus no one else seems to be talking about and your reactions to Frank’s list of irksome words and phrases.
Your thoughts on politics being continually injected into entertainment events, how social media can skew public opinion, and giving women their own separate branch in the armed forces.
Some words or phrases Frank routinely hears on TV are like a fingernail on a blackboard to him.
Will the most serious death from Covid 19 be that of America’s entrepreneurial spirit? Why would people start businesses when they can be shut down on some bureaucrat’s whim?
Based on widespread reports of sexual harassment, should women have their own separate fighting force? Frank believes it would be best.
Are internet purveyors, including social media, putting their ‘thumb on the scale’ in terms of shaping public opinion? Frank weighs in with his own personal experiences.
Why would fans do that at the NFL season opener? Frank thinks he knows the answer.
Your thoughts on kids being forced to get flu shots and the idea of turning baseball’s Jackie Robinson Day into a federal holiday.
Your emails regarding ‘black privilege’ and your nominations for the height of hypocrisy. Also the question of who has the time to protest night after night?
Frank makes the case that baseball legend Jackie Robinson is even more deserving of a national holiday than Martin Luther King. Could he be right?
Massachusetts wants to mandate all children, in that state, be given flu shots. Is this where we’re heading with public policy?
Night after night, in the news, we see protestors thronging our city streets. But Frank wonders: who has that kind of time on their hands?
While government officials are imposing draconian restrictions on us, during this Covid so-called “crisis”, apparently those same rules don’t apply to them.
A Florida university professor submits long-standing white privilege is being replaced by a new black privilege. (His job is in jeopardy for the mere suggestion.)