Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud is the guy who runs the show in Saudi Arabia and a ruthlessly interesting dude…
Presidents
The Secret Is Out—Big Business Runs America
I’m not exactly sure how much of a secret that was. Since 1980 and the ‘Reagan Era’ both Democrats and…
Madison Avenue Adverts and Biden’s Narrow Path to the Mid-Term Elections
In less than two years the mid-term elections will be held, putting Democrat control of the House and Senate at…
Justice Served Like a $50 Steak
There aren’t many of us can afford a fifty-dollar steak. But then, faced with big-guy little-guy there aren’t many of…
Impeach a President, But Not Sue Fox News?
(Justin Baragona, Daily Beast, Feb 7, 2021) How Fox News Primetime Jacked Up Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ “The president may be…
The Courage to Quit a Political Base
Democrats once tested that courage when Lyndon Johnson pushed through the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Briefly, that act prohibited discrimination…
Supported By Your Base is Okay. Taken-Over By Your Base, Not So Much
The Republican Party is at a crossroad and they know it. Whether anything positive will come from knowing that or…
Let’s Insist On Taking Ownership of Language
“Others have said” and “I have heard,” along with Trump’s favorite “some are saying” are not only meaningless, they distort…
Why Is a Federal Minimum Wage a Problem and a Maximum Income Okay?
For some reason it has become accepted wisdom that raising wages loses jobs. And yet cheering on uncontrolled income is…
Why This Last-Minute Trump Blood-Lust?
Donald Trump has chosen to execute thirteen federal death-row inmates for no explainable reason except that he can. What could…