It seems today that Americans of all cultural, religious and political stripes struggle with the meaning of one word that defines our country. Freedom. It seems simple enough. Go to a dictionary. In this case it’s Merriam/Webster’s oft-quoted tome defining words in the English language. Freedom, according to its editors, is: 1: The quality or […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Our regular Saturday morning feature, Masta Talka’s “Trumplandia” column, is expected to return next week. By MACINELLI Today, July 4, 2020, we celebrate the 244th anniversary of the historic Continental Congress vote to approve the text of the Declaration of Independence and announce to a fledgling nation and watching world the creation of […]
As our country prepares to celebrate an unusual July 4 weekend — a birthday party for a nation founded on the principle of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all its people — our “house” is divided nearly as much as it was during the Civil War (1861-1865). The War Between the States […]
This is more than America’s summer of discontent. It’s the summer of Impeached President Donald J. Trump’s vainglory that is dividing and destroying a republic that has stood strong for more than 240 years. Trump’s excessive vanity, his inability and refusal to govern for the good of the country is literally and figuratively killing America. […]
From Impeached President Donald J. Trump’s point of view, no president in the history of the United States has done more for black Americans or the law-enforcement community than the current Oval Office occupant. Not Abraham Lincoln, whose Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves during the Civil War, nor LBJ, who created “The Great Society,” a […]
Since Impeached President Donald J. Trump won’t open a Bible or spend time in meaningful prayer, let’s provide a little laying on of Scripture to let him know just how un-Christian his words and actions were on Monday and, for that matter, throughout the entire time he has been wallowing inside the White House. Just […]
A semi-comforting, oft-used phrase at times of crisis — personal or communal — is “God moves in mysterious ways.” It’s also the title of a Christian song. For a nation whose motto is emblazoned on its currency — “In God We Trust” — the past three years have highlighted just how mysterious God can seem […]
Donald J. Trump took another step toward trying to turn the United States into a dictatorship on Thursday by issuing an Executive Order that seeks to curtail the power of large social media platforms by reinterpreting a critical 1996 law that shields websites and tech companies from lawsuits. Angered earlier this week when Twitter editors […]
On Oct. 23, 2014 then-New York resident and failed casino owner Donald J. Trump tweeted the following: “President Obama has a major meeting on the N.Y.C. Ebola outbreak, with people flying in from all over the country, but decided to play golf.” As usual Trump’s tweet showcased his warped sense of reality even before he […]
For a few minutes, Saturday night in America made sense again. Former leaders of the free world, men and women on the front lines of educating the children of past generations, musicians from a broad spectrum of genres and at least one famous athlete provided high school seniors — the Class of 2020 — a […]
Impeached President Donald J. Trump stood in the Rose Garden on Monday afternoon and went beyond dumb at a time when the country needs its best and brightest minds managing a health-care crisis that has killed more than 81,000 citizens. Just how dumb was Trump at the media briefing? Wearing no mask, Trump stepped to […]
All his life, even before he boorishly occupied the White House, Impeached President Donald J. Trump has entertained the country and the world with thoughtless, self-promotional rants on a wide variety of topics. Remember this classic Trumpism from the 2016 presidential campaign? “I’m the most successful person ever to run for the presidency, by far. […]
No one should mistake self-convicted liar Michael Flynn’s prison escape courtesy of the U.S. Department of Justice as just a win for Impeached President Donald J. Trump. It’s much more frightening than that. It’s the latest and most convincing evidence that Trump and his GOP enablers have taken over the federal government lock, stock and […]
Numbers in the nefarious mind of Impeached President Donald J. Trump are often twisted — much like facts — to create a warped sense of reality of the world in which we live. Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, at least during the weeks he has acknowledged the deadly disease was racing across the country, Trump has […]
Before historians wrap an American flag around convicted liar Michael Flynn based on Impeached President Donald J. Trump’s current campaign to repair the retired general’s public image, it’s important to recall what Flynn did to get fired as national security adviser less than a month into the job. Simply put, Flynn lied to FBI investigators […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: It took a deadly disease that has killed more than 50,000 Americans to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Impeached President Donald J. Trump is seriously confused, bothered and bewildered to the point of destroying a once-great country. In the final part of our series, The Shinbone Star looks at a man unsuited […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: It took a deadly disease that has killed more than 50,000 Americans to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Impeached President Donald J. Trump is seriously confused, bothered and bewildered to the point of destroying a once-great country. In Part 2 of our series, The Shinbone Star exposes Trump’s contentious relationship with journalists […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: It took a deadly disease that has killed more than 50,000 Americans to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Impeached President Donald J. Trump is seriously confused, bothered and bewildered to the point of destroying a once-great country. Over the next three days The Shinbone Star will share posts that expose Trump’s ineptness […]
* As COVID-19 continues to deliver body blows — too many fatal — to citizens of America and the world, one thing is clear; the way we, our children and grandchildren will approach life going forward is open to debate. There’s no mistake, however, that the deadly disease will have an impact on the future […]
Contingent of heavily armed individuals in back of an old military vehicle just showed up. They said they’re all independent. No affiliation. pic.twitter.com/Y8GMcN12eG — Miguel Marquez (@miguelmarquez) April 20, 2020 Not content with the havoc COVID-19 is wreaking across the country, Impeached President Donald J. Trump has placed America on the brink of a civil […]
