“President Donald Trump’s rally in Missouri was a set-piece of distortion about taxes and the economy” that “compounded his growing legacy of false tales on Twitter . . .” Those weren’t the opening lines from some loser liberal commentator. They were from the Associated Press. The editors at AP at some point realized that their…
DetailsWhether he acknowledges it or not, in large part Donald Trump owes his presidency to the youth vote — or the lack of it. More precisely, he owes a lot to youth apathy or a general malaise regarding ballot choices. (Any progressives now seeking a Mulligan for that Jill Stein vote?) Things have changed. Observe…
DetailsThe first thing one sees when entering my local grocery store is the produce – fruits and vegetables of every kind. Biomass for the masses — these are not just things to be eaten. They are things to behold. The leafy greens pose in the spritz. The peppers primp in green, crimson and gold. The…
DetailsClive Doyle, one of the very few Branch Davidians to escape the 1993 inferno that killed David Koresh and many of his followers, told CNN years later why he surrendered his young daughter to Koresh’s appetites. Doyle said he asked himself, “Is this God or is this horny old David?” Then he consented. “I couldn’t…
DetailsWe are told by the gun lobby’s echo chamber (the Republican Party) that great numbers of armed civilians make this world a safer place. Tell that to police in Thornton, Colo. They had responded to the scene of yet another mass shooting – three people dead in a Walmart check-out line. When it all came…
DetailsBoasting of his supposed business wizardry, in 2016 Donald Trump told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, “I’m the king of debt. I love debt.” He didn't mention also being a connoisseur of bankruptcy. Ah, debt, sweet as wine. Love it, don’t you? You may not, in fact. However the affaire d'amour pulses and throbs this week in our Republican-controlled…
DetailsLight reading for a crisp autumn day: “The Case for Impeachment” by Allan Lichtman. It might be better called “The Impeachment Prophecy.” We shall see. Lichtman, a professor and historian at American University in Washington, D.C., offers himself as a political savant. He predicted Donald Trump’s victory last November, disastrous though he admitted it would…
DetailsTermites did not destroy my house. Neither will Trumpites destroy your democracy. But they will do damage, and it will be costly. Termites, and other wood or plant borers like the mountain pine beetle, leave a trail of dust. The Trumpites who have infested government leave jet trails as they engage their carnal pleasures on…
DetailsWhile you’re at it, Mr. President, burn the furniture. You’ve shoved the sofa up against the door. You’ve cut the phone lines. You’ve hung a bed sheet out the window. You’ve stripped off that dress shirt, donning that red tie as a head band. “Attica. Attica.” Donald Trump can’t tell Congress what to do, doesn’t…
DetailsThe Denver Post’s top headline after one of the gun lobby’s very best customers killed 59 people from above read thusly: “NRA supports restriction.” Yes, the top story was what the NRA might do after all that killing. It wasn’t, “Congress admits cowardice in the face of carnage.” It wasn’t, “President lifts thumb to avert…
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