There hasn’t been much statesmanship on display in American politics for half a century. Some, but not a lot. John…
Presidents
U.S. Takes Heat after Leaving Afghanistan
No one loved us while we were there (for two decades), but they simply cannot stand us leaving. Mission-creep. Would…
Poor Choice to Comment on Afghan Withdrawal, Mr. Bush
Jack Brewster, Forbes: “Former President George W. Bush on Wednesday criticized President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from…
My Bone to Pick with Biden’s Secretary of Defense
Actually, I have several, but first a few words to set the confrontation on level ground. It was called Secretary…
Hold On, Pardner, Democracy Is Not Yet Dead
Elayne Clift at Salon just penned an article titled How to lose America: The death of democracy looks nearer than…
The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend
According to Google, the first recorded instance for this phrasing comes from Gabriel Manigault, who in his 1884 Political Creed…
The Public Thirst For Outrage
Media carries a lot of blame for the current state of social, legal and political turmoil in America. At least…
Stephen Collinson, Trump’s Inside Man at CNN
Seldom do I write two columns on the same theme, but CNN has offered up consecutive pieces by Stephen Collinson…
The GOP’s Devotion to Trump Threatens to Destroy American Democracy
That’s the headline on a CNN article by Stephen Collinson and it pushes the Bullshit Needle entirely off the dial.…
Why Conspiracy Theories?
Conspiracy theories are not a big problem for a large majority of Americans and they wonder how this marginal group…