It has become routine: President Donald Trump spends a golfing break at one of his properties. Tragically, horrific gun massacres also have become part of the routine, two of them just the […]
Moving towards some statesmanship
Why Pelosi is against impeaching Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is playing a sophisticated game. Since her Democrats took the House, she’s the one who has steadfastly fought off a hasty plunge into the impeachment of President Donald […]
Passion vs. politeness in today’s politics
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Can we “Make Iran Great Again”?
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as he arrives at a hotel in Vienna, Austria, on July 14, 2014, for a second day […]
Franken: A ballooning Independence Day
Let’s not get too excited over the plans of the protesters to bring over the hilarious “Baby Trump” balloon from London and put it aloft during the president’s Independence Day speech at […]
Franken: The Donald vs. the Queen
Let’s play “Jeopardy,” where the answers are questions. If Alex Trebek were to ask contestants to specify “A glaring contrast between Queen Elizabeth II and President Donald Trump,” the correct response would […]
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 […]
