Do you care about Donald Trump and the porn star? You are entitled not to, and not to care as well about the Playmate who said he, um, engaged her and then offered to pay. In both instances, said activities would have occurred two years into his marriage to Melania. Busy man. USA Today recently…
DetailsBilly Graham is dead, and Christianity isn’t feeling too good itself. So charismatic, so compelling, no American rang up more ratings points for his faith than “America’s pastor,” but that was yesterday. Now? Church attendance steadily declines. Meanwhile, the numbers of those who declare themselves spiritual but not religious grow. Surely the reasons for this…
DetailsA 19-year-old drove a killing machine right through a Florida high school the other day, killing 17 and injuring many more. It just shows you that no matter what traffic laws we have, people will die. So let’s all agree to do nothing. It’s pointless. Well, all right. The killer tore through Marjory Stoneman Douglas…
DetailsDonald Trump lies more often without consequence than anyone to ever grace his position. Being a frequent liar, however, doesn’t make him a good one. As fabrication has proved to be his primary function in the White House, that’s sad. It’s a massive waste of entrepreneurial talent. Let’s see. Trump said dozens of times on…
DetailsMike Pence, defending the release of a politically juiced Republican memo that Donald Trump said “vindicated” him, said it was all about transparency. As is Trump’s releasing his tax returns. As is Trump’s releasing of White House visitor logs. As are the names of foreign companies doing business with the Trump organization. Oh, wait. He’s…
DetailsIn 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…
DetailsAs 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…
DetailsWherever 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,…
DetailsAs 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.…
DetailsThose 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…
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