Reading time – 4:05 . . . Arguments abound about whether to prosecute Donald Trump once he’s out of office for his alleged extensive and nefarious lawbreaking both before and since becoming President. He may be Dear Leader to his MAGA nation followers, but in the eyes of the law he is, at best, a… [read more]
Reading time – 3:29 . . . I don’t get “pro-life.” Republicans overwhelmingly call themselves pro-life, perhaps to make anyone disagreeing with them get labeled “pro-death.” Good sloganeering, but . . . They are overwhelmingly anti-abortion. Okay, if a fetus is considered a person, that’s understandable. But the anti-abortion thing – we’ve always had abortions…. [read more]
Reading time – 5:15 . . . BREAKING NEWS! Hope Hicks, President Trump’s closest aide, has tested positive for coronavirus. Hours after the announcement of her infection we learned that both the president and Mrs. Trump had tested positive for coronavirus, too. So have some senators and White House staffers, with more surely in the… [read more]
Join the Disambiguation Gang right over there → (scroll down just a bit) Reading time 3:11 . . . We have endured an onslaught of one catastrophe or outrageous event on top of another. That both keeps us from focusing on individual events and seeing them through to the end, as well as dulling us… [read more]
Reading time – 2:43 . . . It has been clear from the start that the leadership of Donald Trump is of himself, for himself and by himself. Where does that leave the remaining 328.2 million of us in this time of worldwide pandemic? Many of our governors are doing a good job with the… [read more]
Reading time – 2:21 . . . The Gallup Organization published a new poll looking at how we view the performance of various groups responding to coronavirus. The information is, well, a bit nuts. Have a look at the chart below and note that roughly 4 out of 5 of us approve of the job… [read more]
Reading time – 2:14; Viewing time – 3:24 . . . From Greg Sargent of The Washington Post: “Trump is not merely staking out an absolute refusal to cooperate with any and all lawful subpoenas, on the deeply absurd grounds that the House’s impeachment inquiry is illegitimate, as the White House counsel has argued. “Rather,… [read more]
Reading time – 3:35 . . . I’m still conflicted about impeachment. On the one hand, there’s the obvious imperative to do the right thing. Trump is bad news in so many ways and many of them are almost certainly criminal. He should be held to account, and not just to punish him. It’s critical… [read more]
Reading time – 3:56; Viewing time – 5:43 . . . The Gallup organization does polling on lots of things, one of which is how we feel about ourselves. They just produced a report that shows that we believe our moral values aren’t good and are getting worse. That got me to thinking about what… [read more]
Reading time – 4:18; Viewing time – 6:54 . . . The Fake President Part He says “fake news” daily, but it isn’t about fake news, as the president and his drones would have you believe. It never was. Same for his attacks on our other institutions. They want you to believe whatever they say… [read more]
