KEY WEST LOU / HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. PRESIDENT
KEY WEST LOU / HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. PRESIDENT Happy Birthday Mr. President! Eighty years old today. He is the first man of his age to …
Louis Petrone’s “Key West Lou” columns
KEY WEST LOU / HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. PRESIDENT Happy Birthday Mr. President! Eighty years old today. He is the first man of his age to …
KEY WEST LOU / THREE WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS Three Washington observations. The first involves Merrick Garland’s appointment of a special counsel to pursue Trump matters involving …
KEY WEST LOU / COLD IN KEY WEST…..HORRIBLE IN BUFFALO A weather man I am not. Yet I know what happens in upstate New York …
KEY WEST LOU / LARCENY PAYS Larceny pays. Crime pays. Evident in the criminal tax trial in Manhattan yesterday against the Trump organization. Note Donald …
KEY WEST LOU / FIRST THOUGHT RE HEARING MISSILES STRIKING POLAND…..WAR It was instantaneous. The second I heard missiles had landed in Poland, my mind …
KEY WEST LOU / WALMART…..THANKSGIVING SANTA CLAUS Walmart has announced an uncommon act of generosity. Shocking in its broadness. So much so that Walmart can …
KEY WEST LOU / MOBY-DICK “Call me Ishmael.” Opening line to Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. One of the most famous opening lines in literary history. Melville …
KEY WEST LOU / THE VALUE OF EDUCATION There was a time when an education represented in most instances the ticket to economic success. Unfortunately, …
KEY WEST LOU / TRUMP A DEAD RODENT NO ONE WANTS TO TOUCH Somewhere in the last 24 hours, I read or saw on TV …
Key West Lou / VETERANS DAY Veterans Day! Remember and honor all who fought to preserve our Nation. I have found Key West recognizes our …
KEY WEST LOU / WOMEN WON! AMERICA WON! TRUMP LOST! Great day for America yesterday. The good guys won, the bad guy lost. Women first …
KEY WEST LOU / TODAY IS A DEMOCRATIC WAVE IN THE MAKING Oh, the abuse which will be heaped upon me tomorrow if I am …
KEY WEST LOU / GUESS WHO BLEW A HORN WITH THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS? Key West has been the home of …
KEY WEST LOU / WHORE HOUSE PROPRIETORS DIFFICULT TO CONVICT IN 1830’S KEY WEST William R. Hackley was an attorney who settled in Key West …
Key West Lou / CREEP, SPOILER, DESTROYER…..JOE MANCHIN Manchin issued a statement thursday evidencing once again his turncoat colors. The issue Social Security, Medicare and …
KEY WEST LOU / KEY WEST A MOVIE MAKING LOCALE Many the movie has been filmed in Key West. Included are License to Kill, The …
KEY WEST LOU / DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN Many dislike Biden today. Including members of the Democratic Party. A similar situation existed in 1948. Truman was …
KEY WEST LOU / THE PRESIDENT COULD NOT SPELL The mid-term politics have become overwhelming. Time for a change of pace. No harm in taking …
KEY WEST LOU / THE EYES HAVE IT A touching phrase by one of the greatest authors of all time Leo Tolstoy: “But their eyes …
KEY WEST LOU / BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD COUNTRIES A guest on Morning Joe this morning made the comment: “Bad things happen to good …