Doris Kearns Goodwin’s 2005 book about how Abe Lincoln chose a Cabinet of intellect, integrity and independence is titled “Team of Rivals.” A good title should she ever depict the Cabinet of Donald Trump would be “Gang of Weasels.” Before getting to Individual 1 and the latest…
When the end comes, whether next year or next month, Donald Trump will wish he had Benito Mussolini’s travel agent. That’s a joke. When Mussolini met his end, he had nowhere to go, nowhere to hide. At least his earthly departure was mercifully quick — at the carbine…
A question for admirers of Donald Trump: When suspicions first were raised, did the man you helped elect sound like someone who asked the president of a foreign country to investigate the son of a political opponent? Ah hah. You nodded your head. Ever so slightly, you…
The Democratic presidential debates have been as welcome as a toothache. Bash, trash, clash, finger-point, knee-cap. Rinse and repeat. I’m not watching. Those appearing on-stage are all outstanding, thoughtful, bright individuals with the best interests of the country at heart. Any would be better in…
“The thing I like about Trump is that he’s not a politician.” For dripping ripeness, that ranks with: “I like Trump because he’ll finance his own campaign.” (Sure, with millions from the National Rifle Association, and Sheldon Adelson, and the Mercers, and the Kochs, and the DeVos…
The moment cops took down the Odessa gunman, the clock started ticking toward the next mass shooting. It will happen. Count on it. Just as you can count on Republicans in Washington and in red statehouses, like the red-granite one in Texas, to do nothing about it. Cowardly,…
It’s a stunning number. A new Associated Press-NORC poll finds that 62 percent of Americans disapprove of what Donald Trump is doing, while 36 percent approve. Thank of that. An imponderable number – a little more than 100 million Americans, one in three of us –…
So, are you good with Roundup now? The Environmental Protection Agency, made golden in the image of Donald Trump, just pronounced the weed-killer not a human-killer. The wind gust you just heard? That was a sigh of relief from Roundup’s maker, Monsanto. Or maybe there was no…
Congressman Kevin McCarthy spun the wheel of empty rationalizations. It came up: “video games.” It could have landed on “gay marriage,” or “changing gender roles,” or “God removed from schools.” To him, no doubt, “video games” sounded fresh. Whether he realized it or not, in his empty rationalization,…
How far we’ve come. From FDR’s fireside chats to grade-school tweets that light tiki torches. From JFK’s selflessness to every man for himself. From Barack Obama’s “Amazing Grace” to . . . the man who in 2016 took the down escalator into our nation's life. …