Had enough yet? Of course not. And it’s still February. If the press conference wasn’t proof enough that the president still doesn’t have a handle on his facts, then let’s move on to those things that do not lie: the numbers. Yes, it’s almost time for the president to issue a budget for the upcoming… Continue reading Make America Great? Promote the Arts and Culture.
Category: Domestic Policies
Time For the Main Event
I suppose it was inevitable that the first debate of the 2016 presidential campaign would be touted as a must-see, Super Bowl-sized audience extravaganza. This has been building since Dwight Eisenhower lamented that running for president was akin to being a product marketed across the country. Television and now social media has turned this election… Continue reading Time For the Main Event
Concerned About the Polls? Don’t Be.
I know you. You’re a Democrat, or at least someone who believes that Donald Trump is a disaster waiting to happen, and you’ve been very concerned over the past week because the polling seems to indicate that Hillary Clinton’s once safe lead is vanishing with every news release. You also wonder how anyone, and I… Continue reading Concerned About the Polls? Don’t Be.
Back To School: A Different Kind of Division
The great divide in American public attitudes is most evident during Presidential election years, and this year is no different. Republicans and Democrats seem to be living in two different countries when it comes to their views on how much the government should be involved in people’s lives, the role of religion, support for social… Continue reading Back To School: A Different Kind of Division
The Last Quiet Week
You do realize that this will be the last week that food stores will be listing summer fruits, vegetables and other items in their sales flyers, right? After Labor Day it will suddenly be soup, oatmeal and cold/flu medicine time even though it’s likely to be near 80 degrees where most of us live. Such… Continue reading The Last Quiet Week
I Will Always Tell You the Truth… And Other Lies…
Which, of course, is an absolute lie, no matter who says it. But the fact that it was Donald Trump, all-of-a-sudden apologizing and blabbering on about how in the heat of a campaign he might have said some nasty things about, oh, African-Americans, women, Hispanics, judges, pollsters, Bush, Republicans etc., makes it doubly ironic and… Continue reading I Will Always Tell You the Truth… And Other Lies…
Lock Him Up
Don’t you just love politics and politicians? Here’s a group of people who seemingly do not ever consider that what they say about their opponents will even happen to them. And yet… This week’s ridiculousness comes, not surprisingly, from the Trump-Christie branch of what used to be one of America’s great political parties; the GOP.… Continue reading Lock Him Up
We Need to Calm Down
If we need anything now, it’s to stop talking and let the investigations into the tragedies of the past week move forward. After all, in the overwhelming number of big news stories, the early information is usually the least reliable, but that’s the information that becomes the narrative. Then when we get contradictory evidence, it’s… Continue reading We Need to Calm Down
If Only We Could Trexit
If only Donald Trump would Trexit. Before November, when he’ll likely Trexit anyway. Yes, I know that the British vote to leave the European Union is being interpreted as a warning that the angry, anti-immigrant, anti-trade, build-an-entire-sea-around-the-country (which the British actually did at minimal cost), xenophobic population in England is heading towards the United States,… Continue reading If Only We Could Trexit
One Week Later
It’s been a week since the attack in Orlando and much of what’s happened is predictable. Both political parties have rolled out their positions on gun control, and both are very familiar. Democrats want new background checks and to ban sales of guns to anyone on the no-fly or terrorist watch lists. Republicans counter by… Continue reading One Week Later
Report: Orlando Shooter and Wife Texted Each Other During Massacre
In the beginning, Noor Salman, wife of the Orlando shooter, insisted that she had no idea what her husband was up to when he gunned down 49 people at a Pulse night club. Now, reports say the two were communicating via text during the terrorist attack. The Orlando shooter and his wife exchanged text messages… Continue reading Report: Orlando Shooter and Wife Texted Each Other During Massacre
The Endless Election Finally Begins
Good news: The primaries are over. Well, except for the DC primary this Tuesday, but that one really won’t count for much. Bad news: The general election is on our doorstep, promising us five months of mudslinging, advertisements across numerous screens and multiple forms of media, and, oh yes, some policy prescriptions. At this point,… Continue reading The Endless Election Finally Begins