When they made Ted Cruz, they broke the mold.Strike that!I meant they broke the mold before they made Ted Cruz.Then they cast him.Since then, he’s acted accordingly.Cruz wasn’t well known beyond the state of Texas when he arrived at the U.S. Senate on Jan. 3rd, 2013.He immediately made ...
As crisis gripped Washington in the early days of the Cold War, an aide to Secretary of State George C. Marshall asked how he managed to remain calm. “I’ve seen worse,” Marshall answered.Indeed he had. As Army chief of staff before and during World War II and then at the State Department, ...
We’re now stuck with the stench of Trumpism ad infinitum; even longer.Only seven Senate Republicans joined every Senate Democrat in an attempt to extinguish what’s left of Donald Trump’s tiresome political career.The rest of the Republicans had their chance.They chickened out.But I ...
Guy Reschenthaler has a problem that is also our problem.How so? Reschenthaler, the Republican who, rumor has it, represents Fayette, Greene and Washington counties (plus a portion of Westmoreland) in Congress, is attempting to raise political dollars with major whoppers – fabulous falsehoods ...
Walk with me for a few paragraphs.I promise you I won’t bite.The Big Lie lives.There are Americans who still swear Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in a landslide. And that Biden’s 7,052,770 lead in the popular vote, had been the handiwork of demonic vote-counters, and rigged voting ...
It turns out there was a Philadelphia election scandal. And the scandal morphed into a fight on Capitol Hill for the soul of the Republican Party.The leader of the Republicans – more or less – was a charismatic populist who hated his enemies and encouraged his supporters to fight like the ...
