I generally avoid the copy-and-paste thing, but maybe just this once… I really don’t owe my trump-supporting friends an apology. I’ve been critical of trump these last several years, and am still exhausted from the experience. But to be fair,…
The Republican party long ago lost its moral compass. But today’s Republican Party has become the Party of the Insane. (See video below.) Yes, there are sane Republicans. But, they are no longer in control of the party. The insane…
Betsy Devos, U.S. Secretary of Education, has vowed to have schools open in the fall. “Kids have got to get back to school,” she says. And, like her boss, she is intent on classes being held in-person, not-online, full-time. The…
Tom Burtell is a symptom of something that makes me mad. And sad. Last night, there was a community meeting in nearby Saline, MI to address a recent rash of racists messages circulating among area students. But it didn’t take…
H. L. Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English H. L. Mencken. Writing in the Baltimore Evening Sun, on July 26, 1920, Mr. Mencken prophesized a…
In a recent White House meeting, the president clearly, unambiguously, defiantly, owned the trump shutdown. But today, the president of the United States it trying to unring the bell. The president is desperate. He is desperate to satisfy his base…
Senator Rick Santorum has reportedly hired a firm to scrub from the Internet this photo of him with the convicted Russian agent, Maria Butina. For some reason, Mr. Santorum does not want folks to remember he cozied up to Ms. Butina.…
By his anniversary in office, President Donald Trump, the great deal maker, had already managed to preside over a government shutdown. Just about now, as this post goes live, the president is delivering his first State of the Uniom [sic] address. Also right now, actress and…
A year ago, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States. Tonight, as the clock crossed midnight, the first year of his presidency ended with a Trump government shutdown. The “great deal maker”, unsurprisingly, is not really…
A friend of mine just pointed me to the #Trumpectomy hashtag on Twitter. The meaning, of course, is a procedure to remove Donald Trump from office. But seeing that term triggered, in a serendipitous flash, a spontaneous understanding of a…