In the Cold War Fifties, one popular political slogan was “Better Dead Than Red!” Most of us look back on that era ruefully, as a time when there were “Communists under every […]
Retorts: New Red scare in Little Saigon
Outing a political advocate crosses a line
Breaking news: Some guy posted a doctored video of Nancy Pelosi. But fear not. The website The Daily Beast sprang into action. It tracked down the random, Trump-supporting man who allegedly posted […]
Trump’s big guns: tariffs and sanctions
As he exercises his Putin-given right as president to lay waste to the United States, it turns out that Donald Trump can really draw from only a very few weapons in his […]
Retorts: The long road to acceptance
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” – Martin Luther King For a lot of us who have been around a bit, the current gear-grinding over the issue […]
No apology needed for 1994 crime bill
Donald Trump and Bill de Blasio agree: Joe Biden should be ashamed of his support for the 1994 crime bill. The bipartisan legislation that was long a point of pride for Bill […]
It’s The D.C. Insult Merry-Go-Round
I avoid making fun of someone’s physical appearance. I really do. But I’m totally struggling here, folks. All I can say is that the White House image mavens who allowed Donald Trump […]
Retorts: Maybe you can buy happiness
“Not having is no excuse for not getting.” – Anonymous. The devil, or just another devilishly intriguing sort of critter, whispered in my ear the other day. It used the magic words […]
Has Trump driven the Democrats sane?
The Joe Biden polling surge has raised the frightful specter of Democratic rationality. What if Donald Trump hasn’t driven Democrats insane, sending them into a spiral of self-defeating radicalism, but instead made […]
Franken: It’s too late for censorship
They say that even a broken clock is right twice a day. Like that broken clock, when President Donald Trump complained recently about social media censorship, he was onto something. We should […]
Who’s watching now? And who cares?
You may remember the War on Drugs from the Eighties. You probably also realize that Drugs won, as evidenced by the march of decriminalization and legalization across the Republic. Today’s bogeyman is […]
