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…
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…
President-elect, Donald Trump, our Twitter-wielding intimidator-in-chief, has turned his ironic rage toward the cast of the Hamilton musical. Last night, vice-president-elect, Mike Pense, attended the musical Hamilton. After the performance, actor Brandon Victor Dixon (who plays the character, Aaron Burr), recognized Mr.…
It’s been said that with faith, all things are possible. But here, in the real world, basing policy decisions on faith leads to real problems. Indiana’s new Religious Faith Restoration Act (RFRA) is garnering a lot of media attention—social and traditional.…