POST 1297 Trump’s speech last Thursday was a collection of lies that eclipsed all such collections ever assembled anywhere in the world – like nothing you’ve ever seen. Except . . . you hear his lies, idiotic claims of victimhood, fear mongering and demands for retribution every time he speaks, so it isn’t like nothing… [read more]
An Open Letter to Mainers and Clarity From Our Founders
POST 1296 An Open Letter To Mainers Oops! You got caught going brainless in public. Don’t tell me you’re practical, no nonsense people with a fine tuned BS meter now that you gave your vote to a guy with a Nazi tattoo. Get serious. Nobody gets a Nazi tattoo because it’s Thursday. They do it… [read more]
Sundays Only
POST 1295 I’ve omitted a number of posts over the past weeks due to the overwhelming gift of caring for my wife in her last months.You may be assured that our 58 years together – 60 if you count our time dating – went by in an unfathomable flash, both in real time and lately… [read more]
What Smart People Are Saying
POST 1294 Your Sunday Review of Commentary From Inae Oh of Mother Jones: Anyway, back to negotiations with Iran—and the Obama-era inspections that Trump broke and are now apparently returning. Anyone else see a theme here? The big mouth spews his demeaning accusations, he spews his lies, then he at last finds out he really… [read more]
Who Owns the Constitution?
POST 1293 Quote Of The Week This is from Jamelle Bouie’s essay, The Supreme Court Doesn’t Own the Constitution. But if we hope to recover and revitalize our democracy, we must start to think as citizens with duties, obligations and the sovereign power to make our world anew. This Supreme Court, with its black robed,… [read more]
Where Are We?
POST 1292 David and Goliath Today In Timothy Snyder’s recent post, Sky Defense: Bringing it Home, focused on the terrible war in Ukraine and the undefinable courage of that Ukrainian David incrementally slaying the evil Goliath of Russia, he wrote, By resisting Russia, Ukrainians are defending what is perhaps most basic about decent political life:… [read more]
The World’s Best Campaign Message
POST 1291 CAUTION! THIS POST CONTAINS THE WORD “ASSHOLE.” IF THAT WORD OFFENDS YOU, YOU’VE ALREADY READ TOO MUCH. STOP READING IMMEDIATELY AND RETURN TO WATCHING ANDY GRIFFITH RERUNS FROM MAYBERRY. BE SURE TO SAY “HI” TO AN’ BEA FOR ME. Campaign Messages The Democrats have labored at the speed of slugs to… [read more]
