Budget Consequences of Lindsey Graham’s Sudden Departure
Among the ramifications is the loss of a “Trump-whisperer” supportive of the U.S. helping Ukraine resist Putin, and of a…
Notes for Next Time
When you get to be a certain age, you are inclined to do a stock-taking. What did I do with…
The Un-Mysterious Case of the Socialist Surge
The solution is hiding in plain view.
Trump Blows Up His Own Iran Deal
The weirdest thing about Trump’s comments at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, was the random stream of consciousness. It…
Commies EVERYWHERE!
It’s getting so I almost miss Joe McCarthy. Liar, drunk, fabricator of conspiracies so absurd that he accused U.S. Army…
Trump and Teddy Roosevelt: Lost in the Badlands
Last week, kicking off his Independence Day activities, Donald Trump flew off to North Dakota’s Badlands in his new Air…
Benjamin Franklin, Champion of the Wealth Tax
When we consider which of the nation’s Founding Fathers still provides wise counsel to us today, 250 years after they…
OMG—Socialism!
According to Gallup, 66 percent of self-identified Democrats have a positive image of socialism, while only 42 percent feel that…
Trump’s Groundhog Day: Endless Cold War With Iran
We now have a pretty good picture of what the next few months will be like in Trump’s on-again, off-again…
The Court Equivocates on Whom to Deport
Having already undone in its recent rulings both constitutional safeguards and a sizable chunk of America’s historic mission, the right-wing…