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Trump鈥檚 World of Make Believe

I don鈥檛 have much proof, but I鈥檓 going to go out on a limb. Most Americans don鈥檛 live in a world of make believe.Unfortunately, the President of the United States does.He can鈥檛 help himself.He tweets first; thinks later.The only times he doesn鈥檛 insert himself into the national ...

Have You No Sense of Decency, Mr. Trump?

On June 9th, 1954, a Boston attorney 鈥 Joseph Welch 鈥 decided he鈥檇 had enough of Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy.For years, McCarthy had conjured up Commies out of thin air.He鈥檇 abused his position as the chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to elevate himself, ...

Empathy for people used to be part of president’s job

These days we hear a lot about the difficulties our leaders have when it comes to connecting with ordinary Americans. The telephone call placed by President Trump to the widow of one of the four soldiers slain recently in Niger was meant to be consoling. It was anything but.The president, ...

Trump鈥檚 amusing, but sad Obama obsession

鈥淚've got you under my skin. I have got you deep in the heart of me. So deep in my heart, you're really a part of me. And I've got you under my skin.鈥滳ole Porter, 1936I鈥檓 starting to wonder about our president.He has a thing for our last president.It鈥檚 not healthy.President Trump is ...

Local legislators’ answers to bump stock debate ‘numbing’

It鈥檚 time to drain the swamp 鈥 of those time-worn political ideas and ideologies that get in the way of politicians actually using their noggins.The human brain demands use. Otherwise, it is a mere repository of cliches and trite phrases. Like Pavlov鈥檚 dog, its responses become habitually ...