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Former President Donald Trump’s first utterance after his arrest and booking on 13 counts in Fulton County, Georgia, was to say, “It’s a sad day for America…” For one of the few times in his political...
View ArticleStop Telling Black People Not to be Angry
America has lived through titles for black Americans as dangerous slave revolters, agitators, race baiters, and militants. Nat Turner led a slave revolt and, when caught, was hanged and skinned for...
View Article“You Loot, We Shoot”
Republicans and gun enthusiasts would like us to believe their romance with guns is overstated, overblown, and just plain wrong. After all, they tell us we would be safer with more guns. What no one...
View ArticleWhy No Thoughts and Prayers for Shoplifters?
Some of you know my writing schedule has been cut back due to some recent heart surgery. Unfortunately, I have filled my time with even more cable news-watching. A perplexed Dana Bash and endless CNN...
View ArticleWhere is the “Girth” Certificate?
There are little indicators of the moral decay of the Republican party that, although trivial, need to be addressed because they become the public anesthetic for larger lies. In 2016, the media turned...
View ArticleEnough of the Mitt Praise
The recent come to Jesus moment of Utah Senator Willard Mitt Romney is overblown and too little too late. In an upcoming book, Romney revealed that he warned then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...
View ArticleRequesting a Pardon is a Recognition of Guilt and…
Accepting a pardon is an admission. With all the talk of trials and pardons for Trump and his loyalists, seldom is there talk about a pardon being an implicit admission of criminality. While we pound...
View ArticleBelieving the Worse and Rejecting the Best
In 2016, it was laughable how many Americans believed the worst about a woman yet voted for the worse man alive. Calling Donald Trump the worst man living may be hyperbolic, but it is hard to deny once...
View ArticleRun It Up the Political Poll and See If Anyone Salutes || Comment
Popularized in the 1950s, the phrase “run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes ” has become a way of making fun of farfetched ideas in and out of politics. An example would be asking your boss...
View ArticleThe Cult ‘and’ Personality
A day after Cassidy Hutchinson made her media sweep touting her new book, Enough; I have had enough. First, we should applaud Ms. Hutchinson for her testimony last May during the hearings led by...
View ArticleHigh Crimes, Misdemeanors and Innuendo
Yesterday, the GOP-fever dreams of impeaching President Joe Biden devolved into the debacle many saw coming. When the humorous taunts of Rep. Jared Moskowitz, whose level of frustration reached an...
View ArticleStop Electing People Who Hate Government
Less than half of America continues to vote for people who hate government. The most boisterous voices in the Republican party run campaigns based on their hate for government. Former President Ronald...
View Article‘A House Is Not A Home’
The late great Luther Vandross starts his stirring rendition of A House Is Not a Home, singing, ‘A chair is still a chair even when there’s no one sitting there.’ Who knew it would become Florida...
View ArticleLying, Espionage, and Violence are a Feature of the Republican Party
Calling the once-respected GOP a party, is like calling Kim Jong-un’s father an expert golfer. Like with the late North Korean leader, disagreeing could cost one their life. From a clothing boutique...
View ArticleSharing Israeli Intelligence but the Dog Ate My Homework
When Hamas indiscriminately shelled Israel over the past weekend, killing hundreds of Israeli civilians, I stared at my watch, counting down how long the GOP would take to blame President Biden with a...
View ArticleJosh Hawley’s Version of Trading Places
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) is not a stupid man. Hawley graduated from Yale Law School after his undergrad work at Stanford. He was a law clerk for Chief Justice John Roberts before defeating Democratic...
View ArticleWhen the Atrocious Meets the Atrocity
Days after the 9/11 attack on America by Saudi terrorists, George W. Bush stood amongst the ruins of the World Trade Center Towers, flanked by first responders, and declared, “I can hear you! I can...
View ArticleThe GOP Bench is Shallow
The term deep bench is thrown around by political parties as if the manager will step up in the ninth inning and say, ‘Mighty Casey, you’re in.’ The so-called deep bench of the Republican party was...
View ArticleThe Cult of Dominoes is Falling
With all the hemming and hawing about Georgia’s Attorney General Fani Willis’ pretrial strategy—indicting 19 defendants at once—the second of the dominoes fell yesterday. Bail bondsman Scott G. Hall...
View ArticleBREAKING! The Republican Party
With the world seemingly on fire and half of one body of Congress self-immolating right before our eyes, the literal trials of a former American President are acting as the backdrop. Recently, the...
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