Let’s look at the latest destruction of American norms this way: Which countries seem to be the happiest with President Trump’s assault on the institutions that won the Cold War and have kept the peace since 1945? China, Russia, Iran,…
Author: Robert I. Grundfest
I am a teacher, writer, voice-over artist and rationally opinionated observer of American and international society. While my job is to entertain and engage, my purpose is always to start a conversation.
Health care. Again. Do the Republicans, and conservatives in general, really not get the fact that most Americans need reliable health insurance that covers the checkups, basic procedures, and tests they need to stay healthy? Do they really not understand…
I’m finally convinced that President Trump is absolutely correct when he tweets that Robert Mueller’s investigation into the alleged malfeasance of the Trump campaign and his possible obstruction of justice is, indeed, a witch hunt. Because we’ve discovered that there…
I didn’t really care for George H.W. Bush as president, but as history shows us, he certainly looks a great deal better in light of, shall we say, current realities. At the time, Bush was seen as inheriting Ronald Reagan’s…
Contradiction? Who’s to say. The federal government released a report based on the judgement of 13 agencies that unequivocally warned of the dangers, both economic and biological, of the comingpresent global warming crisis. The report was mandated by Congress and points out in…
Do you get the idea that Donald Trump started reading the United States Constitution, got to “We,” decided it didn’t apply to him, and never went back to it? Of course, that assumes that you are giving him the benefit…
Not bad. Could have been a little better, and will be if Florida and/or Georgia recounts change those races, but overall, a good result on Tuesday. And yet, when all is counted, it looks like maybe 48% of eligible voters…
Rules? We don’t need no stinkin’ rules. Political rules? My choice in the New Jersey Senate race is either the incumbent, Democrat Bob Menendez, or the Republican challenger, Bob Hugin. Senator Menendez was charged with all sorts of nasty political-insider-corruption-fraud-bad-bad-things,…
This was a bad week. Saudi Arabia Megyn Kelly Pipe Bombs Murder at a Pittsburgh synagogue The Stock Market We have these kinds of weeks occasionally and they serve to remind us that we have deep and serious problems both…
I know it’s tough to be Saudi Prince Muhammed bin Salman. After all, you’re only 33, which is not enough time to know…anything about how the world really works. You’re fabulously wealthy. You head a government with no opposition and…
Are you angry? I mean, really angry? Angry about Brett Kavanaugh? Angry about the administration’s refusal to consult science about…anything? Angry about the weather? NFL players kneeling? Liberals calling for impeaching the president? Conservatives actually taking the president seriously? The…
Yes, I’ve been reading Karl Marx while listening to Green Day. Yes, I’ll explain. You’ve heard the phrase: “Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy,…