One was probably fake, the other probably not. Both are just the latest factors in what it turning out to be a very important presidential election. Depending on who you believe, the failure to protect one particular candidate will result in America heading over the falls, jumping the shark or going down the drain. Choose …
I discovered a really good writer — an author I like a great deal — in the strangest way. I joined Facebook in 2008, mostly to keep track of family, friends and people from my past. The two largest groups are people from my high school graduating class and fraternity brothers from college, with former …
I had something of an epiphany when I was thinking about the horrific creation by the Heritage Foundation, Project 2025. There you go again. Anything conservative is horrific, eh? I could say yes when it comes to Trumpanzee Christian Nationalists who call themselves conservatives these days, but that’s not the point. When I was young, …
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I’m not sure there was ever a movie that surprised me more or moved me as much as Australian director Peter Weir’s “Gallipoli.” Both of my grandfathers fought in World War I, but both were Americans stationed in France. There weren’t any Americans fighting the Turks at Gallipoli, and I had never even heard of …
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“The TV beast ate us whole.” Believe it or not, Dennis Miller was once funny … and insightful. Miller was one of the first popular entertainers — yes, he was once popular as well — who said that the cause of many of our problems was the massive role television was playing in our lives. …
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“All the pollsters I talk to tell me it’s a toss-up” That was President Biden’s response when he was asked about polls showing him trailing Donald Trump. If we take a closer look at that statement, it says so much about why Biden is in serious trouble reading into the conventions. First of all, Biden …
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Fifteen years ago this summer: It is hard for me to believe that just two days ago, on a lovely Friday in the south of France, I stood on one side of the Lot River and took this picture of this village. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is just a little town in the mountains, but the view is …
Republicans might be the luckiest people in the world. Also the stupidest. As much as Trumpanzees and other Republicans are practically wetting themselves with joy at the thought of their guy being immune from prosecution for almost any act he might take as president, they seem to be forgetting on thing. Their guy isn’t president. …
The Supreme Court says presidents have “absolute” immunity for clearly official acts, but no immunity for unofficial acts. The best thing to be said about the Supreme Court’s ruling on immunity for Donald Trump is that it could have been so much worse. Much of what Trump is on trial for would not fall under …
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He is opposed to mandatory vaccinations for public school students. He believes Americans are coming together on the abortion issue after the repeal of Roe v Wade. He takes great pride in appointing the three Supreme Court justices who have taken the country far to the right. He says billionaires need to pay lower taxes. …
