A life-long friend asked me, in a confidential tone of voice: “What do you think of Trump?”It turns out she is a Trump fan. I asked what she liked about the 45th president of the United States.She liked that he wanted to build a wall on the border with Mexico. “My family came here ...
If there’s a Nobel Fleece Prize, you might consider that.President Trump has been basking in the glow of his newfound friendship with that North Korean fellow he used to call “Little Rocketman.”Mr. Trump brags that his “maximum pressure campaign” has humbled Kim Jong Un into putting ...
We live amidst a clutter of events so dense that it’s hard to tell what’s important and what’s not. A few examples:The decision by the United States to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem has been posited as a Middle East game changer. It may be, or not.This week representatives ...
It looks like Donald Trump has met his match.Since he was a young New York City businessman in the early 1970’s, he’s benefited by exhibiting one skill; when you’re under attack, don’t defend yourself -- attack back.He’d learned that from his “fixer” at the time, Roy Cohn.Cohn had ...
The giant cross atop Jumonville hill, in the mountains east of Uniontown, is symbolic of the area; although religious, it has a secular connotation as well: for those of us who grew up within its sight, it means home.Nevertheless ...The decision by Adam Sedlock, a Democrat running for Congress ...
Last Wednesday was supposed to be like any other day in the life of the Trump presidency.Lots of claims and counter-claims across the 24-hour cable news channels about a variety of Trump-related stories.There was that story about President Trump’s ex-physician, Dr. Harold Bornstein, who ...