Steve Bannon, the white supremacist-turned-squatter-on-a-president’s-shoulder, says the Trump administration’s war with the news media has only just begun, and it’s “going to get worse.” Right you are, Steve. You just don’t understand which side of the conflict will get the worst of it. Donald Trump doesn’t understand. Otherwise, he would cease using pimply-faced laments to…
DetailsQuestions to ask after one month of Trump: — Is Stephen Colbert our new Edward R. Murrow? — Is Stephen Miller a human or a hologram? — The same for Kellyanne Conway: real or Memorex? — If the media are, as Donald Trump says, enemies “of the American people,” why are members of the press genuflecting at his…
DetailsRevised for johnyoungcolumn nation to reflect events. . . 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?…
DetailsIn 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…
DetailsUpon 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…
DetailsJesus 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,…
Details“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…
DetailsLooking 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…
Details“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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