The Superlative(s) President
Biggest, best, greatest in history. We have heard ad nauseam those words from the mouth of the self-professed greatest President, if you do not believe it—just ask him. Donald Trump’s biggest and...
View ArticleLittle White Lies, Go Boom!
When my children were small, I would tell them, “if you lie to me not only are you violating our trust, but you are assuming, I am stupid.” Like most kids, they would look at me with surprise because...
View ArticleIt’s about the Threat, not the Fret
While the news media is fretting about Joe Biden’s retelling of a war story, the threat of Donald Trump to the health of sick children is moved to the back burner. While the news media frets about a...
View Article‘Leading from Behind’
The late columnist and tv personality Charles Krauthammer railed against the Obama administration’s, ‘The Obama Doctrine: leading from behind’ in a column written in 2011 based on an interview of Obama...
View ArticleI Needed a Distraction
After watching almost 4 days, non-stop, of disaster coverage from the Bahamas and the southeastern shores of the United States, I took a moment to distract from the horrors. Lives were lost, property...
View ArticleA Man for All Treasons
Frustration often leads to hyperbole. Treason against the United States of America consists of- “only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.”-Article...
View ArticleSharpies are not Funny…
On this day in 2001, 2,977 people were killed (with some still dying) by 19 terrorists in three separate attacks on the United States, including New York City, Washington, D.C. and near where I live in...
View ArticleHow about Vaping the Guns?
I am not a smoker, nor have I ever tried the newest fad of hipster cool, vaping. The President of the United States has done something I approve. He took a danger away from people, especially children,...
View ArticleThe Palindrome Presidency
A mathematical phenomenon concludes in 3 days. Starting September 10, 2019 (9-10-19) thru September 19, 2019 (9-19-19) the numbers read the same backward and forward; the epitome of out of the...
View ArticleCorey, the DNI and a Culture of Lying
Former Trump body-man/adviser/enforcer Corey Lewandowski spent or wasted hours of the taxpayers and Congressional Democrats time and money yesterday, auditioning as the opening act for the Donald Trump...
View ArticleRepublicans and their Willful Destruction of ‘The Constitution
I try really hard not to scream when I hear, “the both sides do it” argument, that is usually offered up by Republicans, whenever trouble strikes. They pull out, “but what about…” instead of admitting...
View ArticleThe Benghazi, E-maily, Ukrainey… Thingy
The first oversight hearings of the Benghazi affair were held two days after the killing of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others at the Iraqi Consulate in September of 2012. The calculated...
View ArticleSpilling the Tea
My first thoughts are a direct result of a joke by comedian Paula Poundstone. Recently I heard her say that the little sticker you receive after you vote should be followed by a question mark; at...
View ArticleThe White Man’s Last Stand
Growing up as a black kid in America, the running blaxploitation film theme was getting “the man” before he got you. Donald Trump is un-circling the wagons for the white man’s last stand. That last...
View ArticleThe Odd Coupling
The theatrical version of The Odd Couple movie starred Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. The TV version featured fictional divorcees, Tony Randall, as the fastidious Felix Unger, and Jack Klugman as the...
View ArticleSlow them down…?
We are in the 21st Century, not the fourteenth, nor is it the 1860s. Yet, we have a President who, in the span of one week, has reportedly threatened to use an alligator filled moat at the border,...
View ArticleI am My Brother’s Forgiver
People grieve loved ones to restore their sense of peace when it is disrupted by death. That disruption is more often a result of natural causes but when death is inexplicable and needless, grief...
View ArticleIgnoring the Irony
I have got to hand it to Republicans, their ability to ignore the irony of their talking points is breathtaking. In 1998 erstwhile Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich voted to impeach former President...
View ArticleFatal Distraction
There is a term used in Syria and Turkey about the Kurds, “Arabize.” Essentially the Kurds since the 1920s and 30s have been ostracized as rebellious heretics. Although the Kurds comprise nearly 25...
View ArticleA Bus Ride Through Fly-Over Country…
I have nothing against the people of Minnesota, Arkansas or heartland Iowa, and I have a son who was born in the South. My beef is with the conservative philosophy that begins with the dismissive words...
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