The GOP explanation, with an attempt at correct punctuation: “He didn’t do it, but if he did, it was perfect; but why should we believe he did it? This is all second- and third-hand testimony, except for the transcript you might have read, and anyway he was just…
DetailsWith markers of Trumpian corruption amassing like a superbug strain in a petri dish, the Republican motorcade arrives at a fork in history’s road. Ethical government? It’s thataway. Extending Trump’s reign? The other way. Honesty? Legality? Basic decency? They went thataway. Funny. I remember when the Republicans were all…
DetailsForever it will be my image of Election Night 2016. Homeward bound just as the polls were closing, I was passing through the placid and aptly named city of Loveland, Colo. Deep in contemplation about the fate of our nation, I was stunned as I arrived at…
DetailsDon't you know that every day when he looks at his morning news feed, Lindsey Graham wishes he could just send Donald Trump to boarding school until the noisy little irritant grows up? The South Carolina scion wouldn't have to go before the cameras on a sorry Tuesday morning, for…
DetailsBehold the new rallying cry of Donald Trump, his enablers in Congress and his evaporating coterie of con men. Just get over it. Chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said the latter three words after acknowledging that Trump withheld your tax dollars from Ukraine for political purposes. Mulvaney then used…
DetailsChief Justice Roberts: Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, Donald John Trump. Donald Trump: I, Donald John Trump. Roberts: Do solemnly swear. Trump: Do smirkingly swear. Roberts: That I will faithfully execute. Trump: What is this “faithful” garbage? Roberts: The…
DetailsDoris 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…
DetailsWhen 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…
DetailsA 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…
DetailsThe 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…
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