15 Jun, 2018
Trump’s Hobbesian trade war
“Now comes the Trump Trade War, his Bellum omnium contra omnes, war of all against all. It is the most...
13 Jun, 2018
No, Not Nixon, Not China
“Big success, no nuclear war! He saved 50 million lives! Thank you, Dear Leader! Like unlikely Nixon opening China, clever...
2 Jun, 2018
Big Man politics, Africa to America
“We in the civilized, modern, savvy, worldly, urbane part of the world scoff and pity the poor African countries that...
22 May, 2018
Benito Trump
“As a boy who grew up on skates in Minnesota with my Dad as hockey coach, I vividly recall that...
9 May, 2018
He can dish it out
“But he can’t take it. We have an Oval Office Autocrat who governs in the persona of a decidedly unfunny...
4 May, 2018
NRA/Trump: Stay the bloody course
“Seriously? Trump, in his annual suck-up to the NRA, says that if we have any gun control we will have...
29 Apr, 2018
Tip was right
““All politics is local.” Did former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Tip O’Neill say it first? We...
20 Apr, 2018
No really, how bad does it have to get?
James Comey was fired by Trump, of course, because he was looking into Trump’s role in conspiring with Putin to...
13 Apr, 2018
Dirty tricks vs. democracy
“Can Republicans survive without dirty tricks? Open question. Some historical and current examples cause pause as we consider this…” Tom...
8 Apr, 2018
Crony corruption in Trumpworld
“Scott Pruitt flies first class international with his entourage to Paris for a couple of days—just to party—and then on...
26 Mar, 2018
We Just Say No
“America loves its guns. Really? Only a quarter of us own guns, that is, three-quarters of us do not, although...
6 Feb, 2018
Trumped up treason
““Somebody said ‘treasonous.’ I mean — yeah I guess, why not. Can we call that treason? Why not. I mean,...
2 Feb, 2018
Donald, Donald, Donald, we told you a million times not to exaggerate
“I am reaching back, searching my memory for another speech so rife with shallow, meaningless platitudes…” Tom H. Hastings Published...
25 Jan, 2018
With protectors like these…
“Another such victory and I will be undone. –Greek king and general Pyrrhus after a string of “victories” over the...
20 Jan, 2018
Baseless accusations: Shut it down?
“Good morning. Your federal government is shut down. Trump said he thought that would be good. We will see if...