Reading time – 3:49 . . . WARNING: SNARK AHEAD Question 1: What do you get when you combine the bottomless need for attention of Donald Trump and Alan Dershowitz with the boundary-less conceit and snark of Jay Sekulow, the arrogance and disingenuousness of Pam Bondi, the fanatical, hypocritical self-righteousness of Ken Starr and all… [read more]
Open Letter to President Joe Biden
Dear Mr. President: The illicit Trump war on our election and our democracy is over and we are facing multiple existential threats. Things are every bit as dire as when President Obama took office and the cultural divisions that bedevil us are now worse. Trump may be out of office but he has not and… [read more]
Eliot Ness, We Need You Now
Reading time – 2:55 . . . Regular readers of these posts will recognize that I have long wondered why otherwise fully functional adults possessing a clear sense of right and wrong could tolerate, much less support and promote the obvious law breaking, wrongdoing and un-Constitutional actions of Donald Trump. Of course, some may simply… [read more]
Dear Bernie and Elizabeth
Reading time – 3:34 . . . Dear Bernie and Elizabeth, Here’s the key question: Do you want Democrats to lose the 2020 Presidential election to Donald Trump, as well as lose the opportunity for Democrats to control the Senate? You’re on a path to do both even if you don’t get the nomination. There… [read more]
Home
Reading time – 2:13 . . . You’re out and about and tell a friend,”I’m going back to my house.” Your house is defined by a street address, information that identifies a place on a map. If instead you had said,”I’m going home,” the geographic destination would be the same, but the meaning would be… [read more]
Trump’s Folly v2.0
Reading time – 2:37 . . . In the chaos of Trump’s attempt to instigate war with Iran, we’re left with contradictions and confusion. Trump and his people continue to offer crazy non-justifications for the assassinations and they further spin mayhem. For example, a Marine Corps. General wrote a letter to the Iraqi government declaring… [read more]
Trump’s Folly
Reading time – 3:23 . . . With impeachment on his doorstep driving further mental instability, Trump needs a new and powerful distraction. That’s paired with his need to appear to be the always-wins tough guy. That’s a very dangerous combination. I have warned about Trump doing a “wag the dog” (here, here, here and… [read more]
An Open Letter to Republican Senators
Reading time – 2:06 . . . You know what’s going on – the crimes, the abuses of power, the obstructions of Congress, the abandonment of national security and the rest. His guilt is not in question, not just because of witness testimony, but because he’s bragged about his violations. What’s in question is what… [read more]
A Little Civics Lesson
Reading time – 3:40 . . . This is for the hair-on-fire people. The hard-liners. The absolutists. You’re delusional. I don’t mean that as a pejorative; I mean it as an accurate descriptor. In order to satisfy yourself as to its accuracy you may have to do some reading. I know you’re up to it,… [read more]
Hitting Back
Reading time – 3:12 . . . From the Wall Street Journal: The U.S. carried out airstrikes against an Iranian-backed Shiite militia group in Iraq and Syria. The Pentagon said the strikes targeted three of the Kataib Hezbollah militia’s locations in Iraq and two in Syria, and were in response to an attack on Friday in… [read more]
