One of the many lessons you learn coaching basketball is not to declare victory prematurely. It is awful embarrassing to pull your starters only to have to reenter them to preserve a win or worse yet lose a game that you should have won. With that in mind I put a question mark at the end of today’s title because the jury is still very much out but a couple of things look good.
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Leaks And Taps
The Trump administration – which we can’t seem to turn the page on – is increasingly looking like a bad mob movie. My constantly referring to it as an organized criminal enterprise seems more appropriate with each passing day. Continue reading Leaks And Taps
America’s April Fools
Today is April Fools’ Day and I write political op-eds. So, I thought what would be more appropriate than to write an article about the biggest fool to occupy the White House in my lifetime? We have had several bad presidents in my lifetime but the choice of the biggest fool is glaringly obvious: Donald Trump. Since April has thirty days I thought I’d list thirty examples of his foolishness (in no particular order); there are many more and I might not even get the top thirty but you have other things to do today.
The Purloined Soul Of A Political Party
The Devil went down to Georgia
He was lookin’ for a soul to steal
Those are the opening lines from The Charlie Daniels Band’s 1979 hit, The Devil Went Down To Georgia. Why were they constantly going through my mind last Saturday? Let’s explore. Continue reading The Purloined Soul Of A Political Party
Did You Hear The One About …?
Sometimes it seems like the Trump administration is one big joke. I simply cannot cover all the stories worthy of coverage. It’s like a bunch of guys sitting in a bar swapping jokes. After a bit every joke is prefaced by the phrase “Did you hear the one about…?” Let’s explore. Continue reading Did You Hear The One About …?