“Get rid of the ballots and you’ll have a peaceful ― there won’t be a transfer, frankly, there’ll be a continuation. The ballots are out of control. You know it.” – Donald Trump Out of control? Yes. Completely out of Trump’s control, as early and mail-in voting starts in several…
DetailsAmerica is good at commemorating things. Not Red Square-good, but we hold our own. In my house, as a virus raged beyond our walls, we've batted about a date to remember, to designate, to have ceremonies and plaques and markers and names on walls, and all that.…
DetailsJust ’cause he said it doesn’t mean he said it. You mean saying he knowingly downplayed the dangers and dimensions of the virus? Yeah. Just ’cause he said what he said doesn’t mean he said what he said. Yeah. Just ask Vice President Pence, who said…
DetailsBack in September when a report emerged about a shakedown of Ukraine that got him impeached in December, I asked supporters of Donald Trump: “Did the man you helped elect sound like someone who asked the president of a foreign country to investigate the son of a political…
DetailsI wanted no part of the Republican National Convention. Never did I think I’d be hosting it. What a lovely Wednesday evening I was having, entirely free of racist lies and smarm. Then the GOP showed up. I heard the rattling of equipment in my backyard, the…
DetailsWelcome back to the Republican National Convention. To review, we had hoped, via a teeming arena in Florida, to infect as many as possible with our special brand of recklessness, but Gov. DeSantis beat us to that. So we’ve taken notes from the Democrats and will do it remotely.…
DetailsMike Pence just turned a whiter shade of pale. The very last person with whom he wanted to share TV glare on-stage is coming his way. If Donald Trump can’t delay the election, can Pence delay the vice presidential debates — till Bowl Week? Kamala Harris…
DetailsThis week, Sturgis, S.D., is the best place in America to be a germ. Its population of 6,943, has grown by 250,000 or so for the Sturgis 2020 motorcycle rally. Even if we don’t count microbes, it’s by far the nation’s biggest gathering since the pandemic began. Elbow…
DetailsWhat do my pet store and the great grandson of Theodore Roosevelt have in common? Quite a bit, actually. First, my pet store. It’s a big chain — no surprise — and therefore nothing unusual. However, its devotion to people’s safety is remarkable – so much that it…
DetailsCure the evils of Democracy by the evils of Fascism! Funny therapeutics. I’ve heard of their curing syphilis by giving the patient malaria, but I’ve never heard of their curing malaria by giving the patient syphilis! …
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