A lot of Republicans are hoping Donald Trump will go away, and here’s why he won’t: The Thirders aren’t going away, either. Understand, the Thirders aren’t a lot of us — just a third — but being the life force of the Republican Party, they are enough to run it. That’s a take-away from the…
“Ahmed” is every bit as American as “Joe.” “Hussein” is every bit as American as “Shaughnessy” or "Flannery" or "McGill." Need this be said? Now, of those bigots who consider Irish-Americans to be lesser forms of Americans: They are oafs and nincompoops. Worse, they are un-American. Irish-haters hate America. Oh, wait; you were expecting this…
If Ben Carson reads one word of all the information he just got about climate change, he should immediately end his candidacy for the Republican nomination. Carson, who serenely floats through his campaign on clouds of hard-right truthiness, the other day said he’d seen “no overwhelming science” of man’s involvement in climate…
CNN does less news and more retrospectives these days. Hence, one would have been excused to assume it was showing another century in China the other day. Missiles nose to tail, soldiers goose-stepping, China was parading every ounce and centimeter of its military might. And for what? In observing the anniversary of World War II’s…
“This is going to be felt for years.” My politically prescient son had just watched Donald Trump toss Univision’s Jorge Ramos from his press conference and a Trump supporter tell Ramos, “Get out of my country.” Ramos is a U.S. citizen. And so it goes. You’ve heard of a charm offensive. What…