by Brandon Tutt I’m scared. I’m shaken to the core. I don’t mean that figuratively. My hands are shaking and I have been pacing around ever since I’ve read this article: “U.S. […]
“I know more about ISIS than the generals”
Through a glass darkly
I’m sharing this article from Independent Journal Review just to make a point. Independent Journal Review: Those Outraged At Trump Blocking Refugees Didn’t Seem To Care About What Obama Did To Cubans I […]
The overlooked battlefield in the war against the press
The war against the press will be fought at the local and state level, but the war at the federal level will get the most airtime. CNN reporter Jeremy Desmond asked Milwaukee […]
Trey Gowdy has something to say to Trump
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 […]
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