Gee. It turns out that the president actually lied. Not that this is a total surprise given his history of being a liar, telling untruths, exaggerating facts, creating alternative facts, being 100% wrong, saying one thing and contradicting another, making…
William H. McRaven, a decorated Navy Admiral who oversaw the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, penned a letter to the national disgrace in the Oval Office, the national disgrace also know as Donald Trump. Dear Mr. President: Former CIA…
What a great word. Infrastructure. People of all stripes and models use it earnestly despite its awkwardness. It means so much and is so difficult to romanticize. I’ll stop. Remember when infrastructure was going to be first on the new…
You knew there was going to be a point at which it gets worse. We might have reached it. The Supreme Court ruled that the president can order the borders closed to certain people because of their religion and that…
I’m always amused when there’s a president in the White House with whom you don’t agree, and friends or others ask, “But you want the president to succeed, don’t you?” And I suppose, in the abstract, the answer always has…
There’s nothing like studying the Watergate scandal to remind you of what can happen when one person gets more power than they can handle. President Nixon thought he was above the law, but the Supreme Court said otherwise. Now we have…
I can understand making this mistake when you’re talking about a friend. I can understand making this mistake when you’re talking about an acquaintance. But when you’re talking about your wife, the mother of your youngest child, making such a…
Yes, it’s here. Trumpflation: that combination of rising wages, rising interest rates, a border that’s closed to low wage labor, a trade war with China, tensions with our European allies over economic sanctions, and a dropping fertility rate. What’s it all…
I’m trying to understand this. How can Donald Trump repay money his lawyer used to buy Porn Star Stormy Daniels’ silence about her sexual affair with the donald, when Trump swears he knew nothing about his lawyer’s payment? You can…
Any populist claims made by Donald Trump are heretofore considered fraudulent. This man is no populist. He’s barely popular and his policies will not help his constituents as much as they think. The economic numbers that came out Friday were encouraging…
It’s on. The Kim Jong-un Redemption Tour is officially under way and like any other one-party, all-powerful, illiberal, murderous dictator, he is smiling all the way. Hello. I had my uncle shot. (Smile) Hello. I had my half-brother killed in…
Another example of how Donald Trump and his administration is taking from the poor and giving to the rich! U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday will propose tripling the amount the poorest households are expected to pay…
