缅北禁地

close

TAGGED : al owens

Con artist unfit for presidency

The more I see Donald Trump, the less I like him.His rambling 鈥渧ictory speech鈥 after winning primary elections in Mississippi and Michigan last Tuesday proved he is not only unfit for the presidency, but a self-important snake oil salesman.While, for most presidential candidates, wins in ...

The party of Lincoln and Trump

Republicans everywhere are in a tizzy.Party leaders are showing increasing dismay at the prospects of a Donald Trump nomination.It鈥檚 their own fault.When Trump failed to give a full-throated repudiation of the support he鈥檚 getting from ex-Ku Klux Klansman, and virulent racist, David Duke, ...

The plight of the 鈥減oorly educated鈥

We can't be fooled by P.T. Barnum. The time for the clowns and the acrobats and the dancing bears has passed.Texas Sen. and presidential candidate Ted Cruz, last WednesdayTed Cruz wants us to know, without coming out and saying it, that Donald Trump is better suited for the big top than the ...

Candidates pandering to voters

The stakes are high; the invective is flowing; the pandering is nauseating.It鈥檚 the 2016 presidential campaign in full tilt.Last month Donald Trump was so unconvincing as a Bible-thumper that he misstated a Bible verse.He claims he loves 鈥淭wo鈥 Corinthians, not appropriately 鈥淪econd鈥 ...

GOP candidates know they’re lying

I went on a food-buying safari to a supermarket on Super Bowl Sunday morning.It鈥檚 one of those days when you could take your life into your own hands.Hundreds of brave, bargain-hunting shoppers attack everything on sale.While there, I happened to stop in the coffee aisle.It was there that I ...

Iowa’s importance overstated

I鈥檝e never been there, but I鈥檓 sure that many of the people who live in Iowa are breathing easier these days.Those 2016 presidential campaigns have moved on.People out there can watch their TV鈥檚 without the constant bombardment of political ads 鈥 an estimated $40 million worth of them; ...