Donald Trump is a cock of the walk with authoritarian tendencies.As I watched the president鈥檚 State of the Union performance 鈥� and it was a performance, equal parts Oprah, Ellen, Jerry Springer, The Price Is Right, and going way, way back, Queen For A Day 鈥� I was struck by the ...
聽It appears the Palestinians and the Israelis have a brand new, but flawed, peace plan.The supposed 鈥淢iddle East Peace Plan鈥� President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last week in the White House was missing one key element though -- input from the ...
As Democrats slip-slide their way through a plethora of men and women who would be president 鈥� the actual selection process starts tomorrow in Iowa - and as Donald Trump wiggles his way out of impeachment 鈥� and in the process trashes the Constitution 鈥� it might be worthwhile to consider ...
聽Last Wednesday, President Trump went on a tirade unlike any in the recorded history of Twitter. (If there is such a thing)He unleashed a chorus of 140 tweets and retweets that some observers may interpret as a man with a guilt-ridden conscience.Who am I kidding?I鈥檓 that observer.Anybody, ...
Many years ago, in the middle of a spat over a presidential nomination, former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt leaned in from the sidelines.The wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt said she found watching the back-and-forth between the candidates 鈥渁 little painful鈥� inasmuch as 鈥渕en in the heat of ...
聽President Trump isn鈥檛 driving news cycles these days - no matter how hard he tries.He鈥檚 a mere bystander, because his impeachment is revving up, and associated developments are sapping him of his usual ability to engage in shenanigans.That鈥檚 got to be troublesome for Trump.As the ...