If you ever have the “America blahs” and want to shake out of them, teach a citizenship class. I have. I’ve looked into eyes that came here from Iran, from Mexico, from Saudi Arabia, from China, from Sudan. The eyes have it. They can’t wait to be Americans. Particularly, they can’t wait to vote. Oh,…
The 2016 debates lacked Quemoy and Matsu. In 1960, a gentlemanly quarrel about these two tiny islands was the most significant policy difference in the Kennedy-Nixon debate, though historians call the proceedings a watershed event in televised politics. Nixon said the islands off China’s coast merited Cold War saber-rattling. Kennedy said they didn’t.…
It comes with the ticking parcel that Republican voters left on our doorstep, but we’ve focused way too much lately on what a Twitter hashtag fest — #TrumpDrSeuss — has christened The Deplorax. He of the orange hair and a thousand calculated insults, many aimed at women. He of horrible boasts backed by deplorable acts.…
The NFL’s ratings are down. Fox Sports commentator Colin Cowherd says he knows why. It’s not about quality of play or sidelined quarterbacks. “It’s Donald Trump.” People are tuning out football for that guy. True. The nation is transfixed. It can’t take its eyes off the Trump Dumpster fire. The thing…
Wait, wait. Did I hear what I just heard? Did you? Donald Trump paid no income taxes over an 18-year period. “That makes me smart,” says he. Not just smart. Brilliant. That makes me confused. If this were such a great virtue, you’d assume Trump would have shared his tax returns…