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…
Category: Opinion
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…
Friends,I was born just after the end of World War II. The first half of the 20th century marked a particularly difficult, violent era.But the 21st century so far has been, well, one trauma after another.It started with 9/11, followed by the grim wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Then the Wall Street cr…
I met David Letterman twice. Once when he first began his show, walking up 53rd Street. Such an approachable guy. And once again, after he’d left, at a Starbucks in my apartment building.He said he remembered meeting me 30 years ago. Of course, he was kidding.I love Dave, and was sad to see him go, …