Trump’s Magic Cabinet
So, we’re a couple of weeks into the Trump pre-administration and we’ve had a chance to take a quick look at what he sees as his cabinet. Yeah, it’s pretty grim. Maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise that the people Trump is
When a Blunder’s not a Blunder
A couple of days back, Donald Trump, not my favorite president-elect, took a congratulatory call from the President of Taiwan. Most people would say, what’s the big deal but it seems to have ruffled a hell of a lot of feathers both
Bits & Pieces #81
One of the biggest failures of the Obama administration has been its inability to create a much needed infrastructure bill. It never happened because a Republican congress wouldn’t let anything happen that might look good in the Obama legacy. Should that
Post Election Views #2
Jeff Sessions must not be confirmed as AG. This man is the antithesis of everything that it means to be an American. He is a confirmed bigot and an overt racist, a favorite of KKK leader David Duke, who praised Sessions
Time to Save the Planet
The battle going on in North Dakota over another unnecessary pipeline has finally heated up to the point where real human damage has been done and much more serious retaliation is eminent. The latest about to join the pipeline demonstrators are a
Post Election Views #1
Trump called the Electoral College a disaster after the 2008 election but it’s because of the Electoral College that he won an election even though he lost the popular vote. Where does he stand now? Will he lead a movement to
Bits & Pieces #79
About a week before the election Donald Trump gave a speech in which he laid out what he would do if he were elected. Naturally he began it with an attack on Hillary Clinton for any number of real or imagined
The Joke’s On Us
So the joke’s on us. Yup, we thought that there was more than enough intelligence in the American electorate to ward off the illusory attacks of Donald Trump and his violators of the truth, but we were dead wrong. Maybe there’s a
Election Views- The Last Hurrah
The election is a day away and after over a year and a half of lies and generally bad behavior the political world will hold its breath tomorrow as it awaits the result of the nastiest election process ever viewed in my
Values & Elections
I find it fascinating that even the good guys in the Republican Party, the ones like Mike Lee of Utah don’t seem to get that the party they describe when they talk about helping the poor and creating employment or a viable