In July, Donald Trump said he’d never spoken to Vladimir Putin. Sure, he hadn’t. Except that in 2014 he said he had — spoken with Putin “indirectly and directly” when in Russia on Miss Universe business. Well, who you gonna believe? Donald Trump or Donald Trump? We understand: Having had a talk with Putin could…
Upon Barack Obama’s election, gun sales went through the roof. Upon Donald Trump’s ascension, sales of Orwell’s “1984” have taken off a rocket. Time to refresh some memories about “doublespeak” with the advent of Trumpspeak. Store those books in a safe place, America. You never know when, by…
Jesus would be the very first to denounce it. That someone able to help would wade through a desperate throng and aid only Christians runs contrary to everything Christlike. If not, that Good Samaritan spiel is just jive. Donald Trump has said of refugees from seven countries, “We don’t want them” – unless, of course,…
“The river has taught me to listen; you will learn from it, too.” Herman Hesse’s line is about an actual mass of water droplets, but it certainly could apply to a stream of people – the one that flowed through the nation’s capital Saturday, and in state capitals, and in cities overseas — all connected: one…
Looking around the ballroom, the first thing you notice is the lack of regalia — no tuxes, no flowing gowns, no shiny footwear, no clinking jewels. Nor should there be, for this is the Inaugural Consolation Ball for the people of Not Trump Nation. There is nothing to celebrate for them – for us — when…
“Indy, why does the floor move?” “Hand me the torch.” In “Raiders of the Lost Arc,” Indiana Jones deals with a cavernous well filled with snakes, and with flame as his only ally. That scene comes to mind as the 115th Congress coils itself to strike at things that help a lot of Americans. Congressional Republicans have designs…
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“I mean, how do you know what you’re going to do until you do it? The answer is you don’t . . . I swear it’s a stupid question.” – Holden Caulfield, “Catcher in the Rye.” The thing about young Holden is that you have no idea what he is going to do or say,…
Of course it’s news. Not that my wife wants any part of it. Ever since the electoral victory of Donald Trump, whatever he has to say, she will hear nothing of it. The mere fact that I just used his name means she will decline to review this commentary. In…
Let’s say you are president. Make that president-elect. Let’s say you’ve had many grueling months of a brutal and bitter campaign, racking up time zones on your personal plane, putting your global business empire on the back burner — a must-do to make the country your empire. What to do in preparation? This president-elect thing is good…