I have never been so embarrassed to call myself an American as I am now after the, what can be called nothing less than a shit show, at the White House yesterday during the meeting between President Trump, Vice President Vance, and President Zelensky of Ukraine. It was, however, not a meeting. It was a… Continue reading March 1, 2025

There have been stories in the news recently about town hall meetings conducted by various Republicans which have been met with much vocal backlash against the policies being implemented by the Trump/Musk regime. The apparent solution to this ‘problem’ was for the Republican Party to suggest their members stop having town hall meetings and/or seed… Continue reading February 28, 2025

Yesterday, in Robert Reich’s Substack column (which I read daily) posed the question, “What is Trump trying to do?” Reich argued that Trump is trying to consolidate his power by putting die hard loyalists in every senior position in the government who will blindly carry out his orders – the law and the Constitution be… Continue reading February 26, 2025

It is no secret that Viktor Orban, the Prime Minister of Hungary, is the darling of many on the far right and Donald Trump himself. In fact, the CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) has been held in Hungary the last several years. Orban assumed his current position in 2010 after his Fidesz Party won a… Continue reading February 24, 2025

It always amazes me when people support Trump and then are genuinely surprised when he stabs them in the proverbial back. When Trump had Tiger Woods at the White House recently to honor Black History Month, he claimed to have won 40% of the Black vote. Of course, the actual data does not support this… Continue reading February 22, 2025

The news media are overflowing with stories these days of Trump, and his trusty sidekick Musk, slashing funding for one government agency after another. They claim to be doing this in the name of eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse with an eye toward reducing the deficit and being able to pay for the massive tax… Continue reading February 20, 2025

I have been silent for a while now, but I have decided to start posting again. I don’t know if I will return to my almost daily schedule, but I will be posting from time to time. Call it my little act of resistance to the fascist coup going on in this country by a… Continue reading February 18, 2025

December 7, 1941, was the last time a sovereign nation attacked the United States. That was the day Japan attacked the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor and thrust America into World War II. Since then, we have endured a few terrorist attacks including the attack on September 11, 2001, and, most recently, the attack… Continue reading December 7, 2024

On the one hand I am absolutely baffled as to how the whole transgender debate became such a major issue in this country. However, I have come to understand Trump and the MAGA Republicans are experts at making Everest sized mountains out of nothing more than dirt clods. They have developed the art of weaving… Continue reading December 6, 2024

Will what happened in South Korea provide a valuable lesson for Trump or will he just ignore that lesson and be prepared to declare martial law in the United States at some point in the future? I’m betting on the latter. There is a reason Trump wants to surround himself with sycophants who are loyal… Continue reading December 4, 2024