Reading time – 3:09; viewing time – 4:58 . . . There are conservatives who espouse worthwhile conservative ideas; however, not even one of those ideas includes Trumpian behavior, like: Cabinet picks and agency bosses who are determined to take down everything in their control A secretary of state with financial ties to our most… [read more]
Busted Link
HBO pulled links to Bill Maher’s program of 3/24/17 not long after Sunday’s post went live, so when you clicked the link, instead of a video you got a metaphorical bowling ball dropped on the floor. To extend the metaphor, here’s a resetting of the pins. This is a link to a clip that’s available… [read more]
Trump and Putin
Reading time – 2:42; Viewing time – 3:46 . . . Thomas Edsall has done it again. He’s helped us to understand the Trump thing, answering questions that seem so very perplexing. I referred to Edsall last month to help us to understand why people voted for Donald Trump. No, they aren’t all racists and… [read more]
Bus Daydream
Reading time – 2:44; Viewing time – 3:46 . . . In anticipation of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to the U.S. and her discussions with President Donald Trump I was struck with a BFOTO (blinding flash of the obvious), that Merkel is in a unique position – that’s “unique” as in: she’s the only one… [read more]
BOHICA
Reading time – 3:45; Viewing time – 6:41 . . . Critical Action Step – just 4 minutes completion time This is about dealing with the mother lode of our political dysfunction, so first things first. Click here and read the short, clear text of the proposed 28th Amendment to the Constitution – the We… [read more]
What Samantha Power Taught Me
Reading time – 3:53; Viewing time – 5:47 . . . Act I Lights come up to reveal an office desk and computer, papers scattered randomly on the desk and odd things hung on the wall. A man is hunched over a keyboard and is frowning. He turns to the camera, as to a circle… [read more]
Guest Essay: What Ails Us
Reading time – 5:55 . . . David Norman is a truly gifted executive coach and a good friend. He is also an erudite cynic, although he doesn’t use the word “erudite” to describe himself. Of course, that’s misplaced humility, because he’s an informed and insightful guy. And as you’ll see, he does use the… [read more]
Worthy of You
Reading time – 1:22; Viewing time – 2:30 . . . When one of us is victimized, we are all victimized. Is it alright that some of us are being diminished? We better figure out really fast that everyone is somewhere on the list of those who will be diminished sooner or later unless something… [read more]
Hiding In Plain Sight
Reading time 3:02; Viewing time – 4:38 . . . In Ronald Radosh’s essay in the Daily Beast last August, recounting his conversation with Steve Bannon shortly after Bannon become CEO of Trump’s presidential campaign, he wrote: Then we had a long talk about his approach to politics. He never called himself a “populist” or… [read more]
What If There’s a Reason?
Reading time – 1:54; Viewing time – 3:12 . . . Candidate Trump carried on an unrelenting war on the “dishonest press.” He declared that they are all liars, that they can’t be trusted. Now, as president, he has made the stunning pronouncement that the press is the enemy of the American people. Note that’s… [read more]
