The Urban Curmudgeon
growls from Manhattan
The Trump debate goes on and on, proving that the media are just another bunch of whores working their individual street corners. It’s not going to stop anytime soon mainly because there isn’t any reason for it to stop. The media loves
The death of truth, especially in our political affairs has reached a point of critical mass where no one and nothing can be believed. This may seem normal to some of those involved in the political process but it is appalling
Bobby Jindal talks about the real issue with Hillary Clinton and her emails. The real issue, Bobby, is whether or not the use of her email had any security consequences and so far they have not. That is the only issue that
Watched interviews of Bernie Saunders and Donald Trump today and cannot believe how different, despite people trying to compare them, the two really are. Saunders answers questions directly and sensibly, with calm, detailed answers that are directly applicable to the
All the GOP candidates that are leading the field are now non-politicians who have good communication skills. Maybe that doesn’t include Ben Carson who isn’t a politician and isn’t very communicative, but it is certainly true of Trump, or Carly Fiorina who
Bernie Sanders was interviewed recently on ABC and as has been his custom, he answered every question with a straight answer – except one. That question had to do with whether o not he thought Hillary was dishonest. He avoided the question
The battle against the Iran Nuclear treaty goes on and on. Former Ambassador to NATO, Nicholas Burns, points out that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s denunciation of the Treaty is understandable but not coherent; at least not until he presents a better alternative,
This column has never been a fan of Carly Fiorina but it is inarguable that she shone at the Republican debates. Watching her, it became obvious that she was much better when she expounded on a plan of what to do with
Yes, it’s election time, whether we like it or not, mainly because the media can’t figure out where the real news is so they have decided to make the election news now, a year and a half before it happens. The
The latest flack about Hillary Clinton’s emails, is much like Benghazi, a fiction developed by the twisted minds of the more wanting GOP members. What started out being trumpeted as a criminal investigation of Hillary over classified emails now turns out to