What a sad debate between those who contend that Donald Trump fires off his increasingly hateful comments because he’s cleverly trying to distract and those who insist it’s because he simply has […]
Passion vs. politeness in today’s politics
A new class of homeless on the way?
As if the city and citizens of Westminster didn’t have enough on their plates what with recall efforts to remove all five council members from office, an angry split on the council […]
“Middle Class Joe” Biden is cashing in
The American middle class just got a lot richer. Joe Biden, who invariably and tiresomely refers to himself as “Middle-Class Joe,” made $15 million the first two years after the end of […]
Is this the return of “Archie Bunker”?
It’s obvious to many people that our president, Donald Trump, is really Archie Bunker in the age of social media. The problem is, we have to deal with President Bunker. He is […]
U.S. women are winners, not victims
The women of the U.S. national soccer team are famous for being extraordinary athletes, repeat world champions — and plaintiffs. The team’s lawsuit alleging pay discrimination against the U.S. Soccer Federation has […]
Franken: What the future may look like
Let’s give the highest praise possible to President Donald Trump: He didn’t mortify his country on Independence Day. Other than his Revolutionary War airport thingy, he stuck to the script and gave […]
Retorts: Ugliness is bad for business
We can’t do much about the way we look, but we can do plenty to make the world around us look attractive, comforting, inspirational and practical. We spend a whole lot of […]
Take me out to the beauty park … please
We live in an era of public ugliness, of architects who deliberately make their forms unsightly and inhuman, and of public art installations that are invariably ridiculous. The most obvious exception is […]
What else is “None of your business”?
President Donald Trump’s itinerary at the G-20 summit in Japan included a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose government is accused of using dirty tricks to interfere in the U.S. election […]
The madcap caution of Donald Trump
The worry was that the Trump administration was ginning up fake intelligence about Iran blowing up oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz to justify a war against Iran. Then the next […]
