I have not written much about this presidency because the thought of Donald Trump in the Oval Office still makes me shake my head in disbelief. But I do keep up with the sickening news coming from the Trump White…
Year: 2018
I’m sure you remember this old saw: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. I’m sure that there are some reaction deniers out there, but for the most part this is settled science. And that’s exactly why…
An interesting year, no? The calendar has created a confluence of Passover, Easter and April Fool’s Day, which pretty much covers everyone who lives…everywhere. Which is humbling because this weekend should remind us that we are only as big and…
For all the talk about President Trump almost vetoing the Congressional spending bill, what’s lost is that his presidency will likely turn out to be a textbook case of an outsider with no natural political constituency unable to reorder the…
Here’s something I’m sure you’ve heard before. It’s a statement from Sacramento police after the shot and killed a 22-year-old unarmed black man while he was standing in his backyard. “The officers believed the suspect was pointing a firearm at…
I would think that the president might be more inclined to support some gun control measures, seeing as how he loves to shoot himself in the foot. How does President Trump think that firing Andrew McCabe or Rod Rosenstein or…
Funny you should ask, but yes, I am sitting in my local public library charging all of my devices because yet again, north central New Jersey is without power. I really thought we had escaped this because the snowstorm hit…
Donald Trump, with help from Russia, became the 45th president of the United States over a year ago, but the American people have spoken. When it comes to the question of who is the worst the worst president since World…
You’ll excuse me if I’m somewhat skeptical, but all this talk about how the young people of this country are going to lead us into a new era where the adults have failed seems vaguely familiar. Many older Americans had…
Nearly 200 of America’s top political scientists have voted Donald Trump the worst president in US history, Yahoo News reports According to the 2018 Presidents & Executive Politics Presidential Greatness Survey, Mr Trump ranks even lower than disgraced President Richard Nixon – even among…
West Virginia Teachers are on strike. Students are being shot in schools. The Secretary of Education self-assesses herself a B+ or A- on her first year of work. Boston University is the latest college to forgive students who are disciplined if they…
“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself – nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt “My fellow Americans: Ask…