It’s one of those unanswerable chicken-or-the-egg type questions, but one that occupied my mind. Who did I despise more, Donald Trump or the braying, MAGA-hatted jackasses who foisted him upon us? In trying to come up with an answer the question morphed into another: Will I ever be able to forgive the people who voted […]
Readers of these pages might have noted that a number of our writers have a Texas connection, which is why even from my New Jersey living room I tuned in last night to the ballgame between the Chicago Cubs and my beloved Houston Astros. But this isn’t a story about baseball — that would seem […]
America’s Memorial Day weekend just passed and I keep coming back to the same question: How can “Christian” politicians like Vice President Mike Pence and supporters of President Donald Trump honour service members who lost their lives or survived horrific tours of duty in the name of freedom, liberty, democracy while the man they elected president […]
This time last week, the drumbeat for the Democrats to “DO SOMETHING!” had gained in volume and intensity as pundits who should know better started calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to step down as leader. People were calling on House Democrats to stand up to defend the Constitution against Trump and the GOP […]
On this Memorial Day weekend, while Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and rattled President Donald Trump battle over the meaning of the U.S. Constitution, another lopsided contest over presidential power is quietly being waged in Congress. It is the second time this spring that Congress had engaged Trump in a bipartisan attack of House […]
Don’t know much about history Don’t know much biology Don’t know much about a science book . . . — From “What a Wonderful World” by Herb Alpert, Lou Adler, Sam Cooke History whiz Donald Trump wants new immigrants to pass a civics test before they can become U.S. citizens. According to — himself — Donald […]
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan, the former Boeing technocrat Donald Trump selected to run the Defense Department, is desperately pounding the Pentagon’s war drums to the dismay of the generals and admirals at the Puzzle Palace who have to send Americans into harm’s way. It is reasonable to assume that Trump is directly behind […]
