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No real change in Donald

They tell us that Donald Trump is turning over a new leaf.That since he鈥檚 well on the road to his nomination, he鈥檚 going to mix a little Dr. Jekyll with his Mr. Hyde.He鈥檚 hired some skilled campaign vets to help him temper his, well, his temper, so that he can show that he can become more ...

Jackie Robinson was a true leader

I thought that I knew all there was to know about Jack Roosevelt 鈥淛ackie鈥 Robinson until last week.Thanks to Ken Burns鈥 comprehensive portrait of the man during his two-part, four hour PBS series, simply titled 鈥淛ackie Robinson,鈥 I realized how complex his life story had been.I鈥檇 ...

War on drugs aimed at blacks

The cover story in this month鈥檚 edition of Harper鈥檚 Magazine reveals a damning bit of American history.That aside from that scallywag Richard Nixon having made attempts to circumvent the whole U.S. Constitution, he left an even darker legacy.The article鈥檚 writer, Dan Baum, highlighted a ...

Trump’s backers blind to facts

The world鈥檚 pre-eminent political mischief-maker, Donald J. Trump, has labeled his closest competitor 鈥淟yin鈥 Ted.鈥滲y doing that, Trump is willfully engaging in what they call 鈥減rojection.鈥滺e knows that fact-checkers have called into question many of his proclamations, so why not ...

Trump, Cruz look like fools

Ted Cruz and Donald Trump had a good day last Tuesday.Not just because they each won primary elections.But predictably, they both used the tragic terrorist attacks in Brussels to convince America that they know how to easily prevent those kinds of things.They each have Superman complexes. But ...

GOP can’t change its spots

Last Thursday marked a momentous occasion.It was the second anniversary of something the Republican National Committee called the 鈥淕rowth and Opportunity Project.鈥滻 don鈥檛 know if you celebrated the event.I did.The Growth and Opportunity Project was a 100-plus page report that tried to ...