We 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…
DetailsWhat a tremendous statue this will make: Donald Trump aboard his golf cart, his polo shirt overstuffed, his ball cap pulled down to his brow, observing the world from his secure tee box. An image for the ages, like Washington in the rowboat and MacArthur in the surf. Let us start carving the man for…
Details“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear” – George Orwell. This strand of freedom means nothing at all to Donald Trump. At every turn he shows no grasp, and certainly no reverence, for the fundamental liberty enshrined in our Constitution: to speak…
DetailsHe started out as a radar image on the outer reaches of the American psyche, with little likelihood of harming anyone. Winds shifted. He became a threat to the mainland. His image appeared on our TV screens. The breathless watch ensued. Now the threat has passed. No longer a storm: Steve Bannon is not even…
DetailsWatching terrifying radar of what scientists predicted — Irma’s march up the Florida peninsula — a thought occurred about a tranquil and serendipitous observation days earlier. That brilliant day we knew exactly when the sun and moon would intersect – the solar eclipse. Yes, down to the second. Science gave us a drumroll. We trusted…
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