There has been a tremor in the political force. Can you feel it?President Donald Trump is tempting his presidential fate, having gotten away with literally everything he’s ever done in his political and personal life, even a civil judgment for sexual abuse and a violent attempted coup on the Capitol…
Category: Opinion
Friends,Robbie was the kindest person I ever knew.I met him in our dormitory the day we entered college in 1964. He saw me struggling to carry my big luggage crates up the two flights of stairs to my dorm room and, without saying a word, grabbed one and hauled it to the second floor.“Thank you!” I s…
We know the Trump Department of Justice has threatened individuals it considers political opponents. Echoing authoritarian regimes worldwide, they’ve now indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). In response, major Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs), including Vanguard, Fidelity, and Schwab, have pre…
Is the United States headed for a second Civil War? According to a survey of likely midterm voters published by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, 57% of Americans believe it is. Sixty-nine percent say democracy is under serious threat; and an equal percentage of non-white voters s…
Friends,I keep hearing that one of America’s biggest problems is we’re “divided and polarized.” For example, New York Times columnist David French: “We’ve known for a long time that America is deeply polarized, and we’ve known the problem is only getting worse.”This is bulls—. The problem is not t…
There are a million ways that prove Donald Trump sucks more than all of his predecessors, but there’s no bigger difference, personality-wise, than his complete lack of a sense of humor. Think of President Joe Biden’s Irish humor, where he makes fun of himself before others can. Or President Barack …
Under the heading of Fiddling While Rome Burns, a new potential viral plague is gaining steam in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda – a strain that has no targeted vaccine to prevent it nor treatment to cure it, making it a nightmare to try to contain.But you know our president is too focus…
Could we really be at the point where Republicans have had enough? Or will they regroup after the holiday, after getting fresh threats from Donald Trump—and perhaps violent warnings from his thugs—and once again bow to him?That remains to be seen. But this week we saw something we’ve yet to see in T…
Your Honor, I’m here to claim my share of the Trump Administration’s $1.8 billion slush fund payouts based on the severe emotional trauma I experienced on January 6th. The residual PTSD from that day has left me incapable of finding a full-time paying job in politics, and I still haven’t landed a bo…
I think Mike Johnson is one of the most loathsome human beings on the planet, and I have license to say anything I want about him. That’s because, as a gay man, Johnson has attacked me in more ways than I can count.But this isn’t about my dislike of Johnson. Putting personal feelings aside, I can st…