Tone Down the Rhetoric—On Both Sides
2017-01-30 – I just saw a post on Twitter that was so ridiculous that I have to write about it. Here is part of it: “It’s the saddest thing in […]
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Orange Shock and Awe – #whyIMarch
2017-01-26 – It’s been a great week for Trump supporters—a terrible week for everyone else. Or so it seems. President Trump is “enacting” his campaign promises with frightening speed. He’s […]
Move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem? It’s Not a Home Run
2017-01-23 – You gotta call a ball a ball and a strike a strike. Donald Trump’s intention to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is […]
I Admit that Donald J. Trump Is My President
2017-01-20 – Have we hit rock bottom? Hope so. Recovering alcoholics say you have to hit rock bottom before you can begin to recover. They also say that you have […]
Don’t They Know It’s the End of the World?
2017-01-19 – Often when I’m feeling blue, a song from the past starts playing in my head. Today, on the eve of Donald Trump’s Inauguration as President of the United […]
Here’s What Makes Obamacare Work
2017-01-17 – I saw an interesting health insurance proposal on Facebook that I think is worth talking about. Here’s a piece of it: “Perhaps the American people need to pool […]
Your Insurance Could Fail You at the Worst Moment If Obamacare Is Repealed
2017-01-19 – Yesterday I attended a rally to protest Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare (and other things). It was an overflow crowd at the Central SEIU Healthcare HQ in Chicago. […]
Does #GoldenShowerGate “Dossier” Discredit Trump? Or Does It Discredit Trump’s Opponents? Or Both?
2016-01-12 – Everyone is all gaga over an “intelligence dossier” released by BuzzFeed that purports to detail compromising information that the Russian government has to blackmail Donald Trump. No one […]
Isn’t Jewlatto a Kind of Ice Cream?
2017-01-09 – Over the holidays we were having a political discussion with some dear friends of ours. We were talking about the waning presidency of the first African-American president and […]
Facing Real Reality
2017-01-05 – A common complaint about Republicans, and Donald Trump in particular, has been that they operate at a disconnect from reality. Facts don’t mean anything. There’s no excuse for […]
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