I hope he says it soon.
Few rules, fewer regulators — President Donald’s shrink-the-government plan
In the absence of rules and sheriffs, bandits will multiply. The end game of the heavily mediated engine driving American political strife boils down to these questions: What is the appropriate size […]
If they lie, journalists should stop covering the White House. Let the interns do it.
President Donald’s press secretary boldly and bluntly lied to the White House press corps last week. Yawn. Well, so what? Politicians and their spear carriers have prevaricated, evaded, fibbed, misinformed, misdirected, and […]
Byron at Missolonghi: freedom trumps even poetry….
“Tyranny is far the worst of treasons.” “They never fail who die in a great cause.” – George Gordon, Lord Byron Today is Lord Byron’s 229th birthday. Much of what is written […]
President Donald’s already shrunken government
The Trump transition team has yet to name all its executive branch officials, moving to fill only about 4 percent of positions needing Senate approval. President Donald has yet to flesh out […]
Book Review: Goldhead by J. Haviland
Goldhead is the best kind of novel of its genre – it is a novel that provides a great ride even as it reiterates a great lesson. “People start acting stupid when […]
Narcissism, promises, and job approval: They might not mix well for President Donald
An inability to focus on consequences that do not center on him. Check. An absence of empathy for others. Check. A lack of impulse control coupled to a need to lash out […]
The consolations of literature…
Life is a jest; and all things show it/ I though so once; but now I know it. – John Gay It’s just words, folks, just words…. – Donald Trump Friends […]
Next time, ask the Reagan question before you vote
On January 1, 2019, as President Trump approaches his third state of the union address, people in America should pop the Reagan question: Are you better off than you were four years ago? […]
In my neighborhood…
This is our country now, this is our lives. I saw a flag on a house that does not usually fly one. An elected official lives there. I voted for her, hell […]
