Let’s give credit where it’s due: As commander in chief, President Donald Trump can claim success for the military operation that took out Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the long-elusive founder of ISIS, who, […]
Battling terrorists is a deadly game
Franken: Donald Trump’s defiant strategy
It’s really difficult to tell because his hands are so small, but it looks for all the world that President Donald Trump has an extended middle finger raised at, well, all the […]
Can Democrats pull off an impeachment?
Vladimir Putin is not a Facebook friend of mine – that I know of, anyway. He could be, perhaps registered under an alias put out by the Moscow Troll Department, but to […]
Is America not ready for democracy?
In his “Gettysburg Address,” Abraham Lincoln described a “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” The problem for any democracy is that those people can make a mistake – […]
Franken: It’s the foolishness of mortals
Latin is supposedly a “dead language,” meaning no one speaks it as their native tongue. Except attorneys, of course, who use it to make law indecipherable so that they can charge exorbitant […]
The shining example of Cokie Roberts
Let’s take a break from our society’s normal crudefest for a brief moment to honor civility. Cokie Roberts epitomized civility. She was no pushover – far from it. When it was required, […]
Franken: The pitfalls and cliffs of internet
I have gotten to the point that every time my cellphone blasts its generic ringtone, I assume it’s a robocall. My algorithm favorites are the recorded voices that start out saying, “Can […]
The bigotry of the pious in politics
For a man who doesn’t read a lot, President Donald Trump sure has been influenced by history. What’s amazing about the days of yesteryear is not just that we keep repeating their […]
Greenland buy isn’t just a Trump folly
President Donald Trump has broached the idea of purchasing the massive and largely frozen island of Greenland from Denmark. Cue the laughter. My Montreal-raised wife tells me that in the nearly uninhabitable […]
The age-old gaffes of Uncle Joe Biden
When Joe Biden says he’s running for president, he means it literally. He likes to be seen jogging around at his various campaign events. Obviously, that’s his way of showing that at […]
