Nothing to Fiddle with…
I stumbled to my bed in the early morning hours of December 24th last year, short of breath, heart pounding, and fearing I was having a heart attack. As incredulous as it might sound one of the first...
View ArticleOut of Tweets
Mr. President, crooked Covid, little-19, low energy corona, and fake-virus will not solve the problem. Donald Trump has met a problem he cannot solve with a convenient lie or a disparaging tweet. In...
View ArticleDeath, from a Salesman
If the sardonic parody of the title of this piece, were not so serious, it would be funny. The President of the United States by trade and some would say derisively, by heredity, is a huckster. He...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Exploitation and Politics
The vogue phrase to use about the coronavirus or mass shootings, especially by conservatives, is—let’s not politicize this. If you check a thesaurus a few of the words that substitute for politicizing...
View ArticleDemocratic Socialism or Republican Fascism?
Now that it is almost a certainty that Senator Bernie Sanders will never become the President of the United States—although my timing is off; is it time to take a sober look at where he wanted to take...
View ArticleWartime President?
After a few weeks of Lieutenant Pence hogging the Trump spotlight, the General has found a way to ambush his own troops. Donald Trump, by his own account, served in the Vietnam War by avoiding venereal...
View ArticleThe 'Grift' of Gab
Grifters have always been with us, spreading self-serving lies to improve their stature, politically, athletically, financially and for entertainment. Examples like Benedict Arnold angry over being...
View ArticleWithout Sports?
For years I have heard academia and the “culture class” say that sports are a waste of time and resources in America. Instead of building schools, we build billion-dollar stadiums, so the argument...
View ArticleFrom Zero to 1,000 in 30 Days
February 26, President Trump said to his fellow Americans, “And again, when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve...
View ArticlePandemonium
Interviewing Republicans and/or Trump supporters is like interviewing the devoted parents of a criminal. No matter how guilty or how much evidence exist they will always say, ‘oh no not my child!’ It...
View ArticleHumanitarianism and Politics
In the wake of the firing of Fox News business host Trish Regan, who labeled the coronavirus an “impeachment scam,” it reminds me more every day of Republican hypocrisy. From Florida Governor Ron...
View ArticleTrump Time
Presidential Assistant Peter Navarro, who appears to be President Trump’s Swiss Army knife—with his myriad of titles, has tried his best this week to re-introduce the phrase “Trump time.” During last...
View ArticleStop… with the Republican Talking Points!
The President has adopted a serious tone; it is not political, and Mr. Trump is a wartime President. All the previous statements are being palmed-off to the public as truths about President Trump and...
View Article‘I’m from the Government’
While Republicans work hard to get elected to offices they decry as useless and impediments to success, I am taking a moment to remember the sarcastic critique of the federal government by former...
View ArticleThe People Count
I spoke to my brother this morning by phone because he is currently recovering from COVID-19 related pneumonia and I cannot visit him. My nephew is in the last four days of his quarantine in Georgia...
View ArticleBeing a Democrat
This past Friday on HBO’s television program Real Time with Bill Maher, I was reminded why I am a proud Democrat. Maher makes me laugh, cringe, grind my teeth and belly laugh all in the span of one...
View ArticleThe Root of all Trump's Evil
About once every four years I rub the bump on the back of my head after the bludgeoning by the GOP over the issue of States’ Rights. Their mantra of Democratic socialism and the redistribution of...
View ArticleCoronavirus Day, Erika is living her best strife
I watched the movie Groundhog Day, just a few days ago, and it hit me that collectively we are living the life of Phil—tomorrow is the same day. This is the story, of a day in the life of a mother....
View ArticleBullets, Batons, and Freedom from COVID-19?
Let me begin this piece with a concession, my politics lean more in the direction of ANTIFA [anti-fascist] than Tea Partiers and the latest crop of give me Corona or give me death demonstrators. Also,...
View ArticleBlowing Smoke and Polishing Mirrors…
…because it was the Chinese, broken test, no ammunition, the World Health Organization, stupid governors, and now the old standby, immigrants. Since the day Donald Trump stood before a rally crowd on...
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