Don’t Get Too Distracted by @realDonaldTrump’s Russia Scandal
2017-03-06 – Sometime in 1973, I wrote a letter to my congressman asking for tickets to the Nixon Watergate impeachment trial. The congressman wrote back telling me to cool my […]
Tag Archives: Politics
Judeo-Christian Doesn’t Include Jews, Apparently
2017-03-02 – When the religious right in this country wants to appear inclusive and ecumenical they use a peculiar term: Judeo-Christian. I’ve always thought this was a peculiar term, kinda […]
The Problem With Reality Is . . .
2017-02-27 – You don’t need to lie to distort the truth. When the news media dwell on crime, you feel under siege. It doesn’t matter whether crime is rampant or […]
Reaching Out to the Other Side—Without Compromising on Principles
2017-02-23 – There’s a debate going on in the Democratic Party. One side says that it’s important to expand our embrace to include Trump supporters. The other side says to […]
Forget Your Brain! Are you Left Behind or Right Behind?
2017-02-20 – We’ve all done it. We’ve all taken the tests to determine if we are left-brained or right-brained. Are you creative or are you nuts-and-bolts? But if you want […]
No, You’re Not Going to Teach Me a Lesson
2017-02-16 – Did you ever want to teach someone a lesson? C’mon. Of course you have. That guy who cut you off in traffic on your way over here. So […]
What Doesn’t Destroy Trump Makes Him Stronger
2017-02-13 – “Stephen Colbert Destroys Trump.” “Woman Destroys Trump in Twitter Rant.” “Bill Maher Destroys Trump on Facebook.” “Trump Destroys Himself.” You’ve seen them all. But I have news for […]
Boycott, Boycan’t, Boycan
2017-02-09 – I’m seeing a lot of calls for boycotts these days. Good luck with that! It’s not that there’s a shortage of good causes. The problem is that there […]
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 […]
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