“Fake News.” “Witch Hunt.” “No collusion.” Two years of hearing The Donald repeat carefully scripted, worn-out anti-American lies and marketing phrases is enough. These caustic, simplistic statements contribute nothing to the national conversation about bringing us together as a country or maintaining our position as the leading force for democracy around the world. These hyperbolic […]
“No president ever worked harder than me (cleaning up the mess I inherited).” This is what the Prevaricator in Chief tweeted on Monday, Feb. 11, trying to counteract information about his work schedule leaked over the preceding weekend by the news media source Axios. Obtaining his daily work schedule, Axios reported that Trump frequently spends […]
Does so-called “conversion therapy” turn gay men into straight men? U.S. Vice President Mike Pence thinks so. He also believes homosexuals should get the therapy in keeping with what he calls Christian teaching. Legislation to make conversion therapy illegal for minors and to ban charging or advertising such therapy has drawn much interest in the […]
By GLENN REDUS Today is all about love, which makes writing about Donald Trump on Valentine’s Day a tough assignment. It is said that the opposite of love isn’t hate, but indifference, yet I hate the 45th president oh so much. The notion of love vs. hate vs. indifference was put forward by Elie Wiesel, […]
No matter how The Donald slices it, The Wall is a failed campaign promise. He can pull money — American taxpayer dollars — from departments or agencies in the federal government to cover construction costs, but Mexico will not pay for the concrete “white elephant” as he promised on the 2016 presidential campaign trail. The […]
A self-imposed exile from the machinations of Donald Trump is a good thing. It is like spraying Febreze Clean Linen scent inside your skull until the rotten stench is completely covered. Two weeks wasn’t long enough to fully enjoy it, but it is a start. A real exile from Trump means no cable news, newspapers, […]
A while back I realized i was being inundated with advertisements for male enhancement products seemingly everywhere except NPR. Then it hit me, “Holy fuck! I’m in a target demographic for men with erectile dysfunction!” All day I hear the the “Big Hurt,” retired baseball star Frank Thomas, tell random strangers about how great life […]
