Post Election Trauma
So we had the primaries in New Hampshire the other night and there were very few surprises. Bernie beat Hillary, maybe by more than most people thought, and Trump led the GOP candidates by a good margin. Just about the only
Author: The Urban Curmudgeon
The Debates Did Battle – Almoist
The Democrats and Republicans had what we have been calling debates this week. The Democratic debate on Thursday night was possibly the most substantive, intelligently carried out debate ever heard in these parts. This and the last Democratic debate have been
Hillary’s Great Crime
So the Republicans have created a new crime with which to attack Hillary. It isn’t mass murder or genocide because if it were, they’d have to also accuse their war-mongering candidates, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. It isn’t destroying the environment,
But I Saw It On TV
Americans are suckers! Anyone with even the least credibility can say almost anything they like and a certain percentage of American readers or viewers will take it as gospel. It’s a disease, and more than anything else, it is ruining our
The Coward Shows His Stripes
Donald Trump proved today, that like all other bullies, he is at heart, a coward. Fox News has announced that Megyn Kelly is going to be one of the moderators on tonight’s GOP debate. Last time out she asked Trump some
Iran’s Future-Friend or Foe
The Iran nuclear deal is set to be signed this week. It’s a deal that has been incorrectly attacked by the GOP for its entire gestating period. The International Nuclear Committee has agreed that all the terms of the agreement have
Bits & Pieces #66
The big conference in Paris didn’t nail any kind of enforceable environmental contract but it did get almost 200 countries to agree that these things had to be done. Those that don’t agree, live unfortunately in this country, and are members
The Big Difference
Watching both the Republican and Democratic debates along with the various candidate appearances across the country, one is struck by the vast differences in approach, style and content that is evident between the individuals, but also between the parties. I don’t think,
Solving Two problems
A lot of writers, myself included have attacked the cowardly reactions to various terrorist attacks here and abroad. The easiest front on which to attack these fears is based on what we do to ourselves with the same guns used by those
Cowboy Clown Show
It’s hard to believe that in this day and age, when we are facing so many real problems in the world, that we actually stop and pay attention to a bunch of brain locked yahoos on a mission from Ghost Busters to