Today Is the Day I Vote for Hillary, et aliae
2016-10-24 – If everything goes as planned, at the moment this blog is posted [see update below], I should be casting my ballot at the ward’s early voting place. Today […]
Tag Archives: Politics
Forget the Schism in the GOP . . . Does The Donald Have a Split Personality?
2016-10-20 – There’s been lots of talk about the serious split in the GOP, but after last night’s debate, I thought it would be worth asking the question about a […]
Who Will Become the Next Champion of Trump’s Other Basket?
2016-10-17 – Last month Hillary Clinton was criticized for saying that “you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, […]
Trump Knows His Appeal Is in Being a Bad Boy
2016-10-10 – Trump’s appeal is in being a bad boy and he knows it. That’s why he talks about puncturing “political correctness.” That’s why he talks trash when other politicians […]
Do CEOs Get Paid for Taking Big Risks? The Big Ones Don’t
2016-10-06 – The New York Times revelation of Donald Trump’s $915 million tax loss from 1995 is not only a problem for his campaign, it ought to be a problem […]
The Sounds of the Shofar: T’kia Sh’varim T’ru . . . T’ru . . . Trump
2016-10-03 – Here’s to a good year! – לשנה טובה – L’shanah tova! Today is Rosh Hashanah (Jewish new year), the beginning of the 10 days of awe that will […]
Only Republicans Face a Lesser-of-Two-Evils Election
2016-09-26 – Only Republicans face a lesser-of-two-evils election. Democrats have a candidate who can reliably be trusted to advance all or most of their agenda. Republicans do not. The only […]
Presidential Preference Polls Are Like Reality TV—Fiction
2016-09-19 – As frightening as they are, I pay no attention to recent polls showing Donald Trump catching or passing Hillary Clinton. By the same token, I don’t pay attention […]
You Could Put Half the Press Into a “Basket of Deplorables”
2016-09-12 – Over the weekend Hillary Clinton committed something that the media calls a “gaffe.” I don’t think it was a gaffe at all—except in the way it was reported. […]
Why Do We Celebrate Labor Day When We Despise Labor?
2016-09-05 – Happy Labor Day! Well happy might not be the word that first comes to the mind of politicians who march in the Labor Day parades and yet vote […]
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