The Urban Curmudgeon
growls from Manhattan
As Donald Trump sinks deeper and deeper into a morass of ego driven delusions, decisions, lies, self deception and ignorance: those around him are driven to revolt. One Republican after another is stepping away from the President, finally understanding the problem, finally,
So once again some nut case shot up a crowd of people, this time with really impressive numbers. So what are we going to do about it? The answer is nothing. Nothing because Winchester, Remington and all the other weapons manufacturers
Trump lies about everything, and now he is speaking about the new tax bill he is trying to pass. The big lie right now is that the bill will save the middle class and hurt the rich. Really? Let’s see!. There is
The Secretary of the Treasury, Steve Mnuchin defined greed and stupidity when he asked the government for a jet to take him and his bride to Europe for their honeymoon. This, right after he had gotten in hot water because he grabbed
After failing on everything they tried in the first six months of the Trump administration, the Republicans who have all the power in this government are now looking at tax reform. Tax reform? How the hell do they ever expect to get
This blog has been accused of spending a lot of time attacking industry and big business. Okay! Guilty! But there’s a very good reason for that. You don’t even have to go to big tobacco, oil, coal, gas, pharma or any of
Harvey has laid waste to South East Texas and now the focus has to be the long, expensive and enervating process of rebuilding the cities and the lives there. If one thing has stood out amid the devastation it is the heroism
After the mess in Charlottesville recently all the pundits seem to agree that Trump is loath to attack the bigots and white supremacists because they are a significant part of his base. Maybe they are, but that’s not the real reason. The
Everyone knows the saying It takes a village, and it does, but what they don’t realize is that sometimes it takes a catastrophe to get that village up off its ass and functioning. As they always do in this country disasters bring
Donald Trump went out in front of the American public the other night and made the speech he had to eventually make. This was something of a revelation. He spent an awful lot of time justifiably praising our armed forces, and while