In scary fiction from yesteryear, the Wicked Witch of the West held a young Kansas girl’s life in limbo behind castle walls because she wanted her magic shoes. In scarier reality this year, the Wicked SOB of the East holds the lives of 790,000 young Americans in limbo because he wants his wall. Donald Trump…
As Senate deliberations and the federal government ground to a halt, Donald Trump was doing what he does best: watching TV. That’s what the White House reported. Thanks for the advisory. Trump was watching Fox News, most certainly. Or maybe something better was on Netflix. Nah, he watched cable as he always does. Watched and…
Wherever he resides in the afterlife, George Carlin is having a bleeping good time. One of the comedian’s “seven words you can’t say on TV” is being said on TV over and over again – starts with “sh” and features “it” — and getting bleeped, or someone is attempting a weak euphemism. The thing is,…
As lightning bolts go, the juice within the 336 pages of Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury” is sufficient to melt a man’s wingtips. However: Did we really need Wolff’s reportage of it to know that Donald Trump is infantile, intemperate and spectacularly unfit to be president? No, we didn’t. We have read the man’s tweets.…
Those Republican branding wizards. You’ve got to give it to them: “Pro-life.” “Real America.” “Family values.” Can’t defeat those. As we enter a new year, however, Republicans are dealing with these brands: “Trump”; “McConnell-Ryan Congress”; “Tax cuts for the super-wealthy.” Trump: the least truthful, least honorable, least ethical president in history. McConnell-Ryan: the least popular…