May 1, 2003: Then-President George W. Bush landed in a jet on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln to announce that just a few weeks after his Iraq invasion, […]
“Case closed” vs. “wishful thinking”
We’ve heard enough from Robert Mueller
The last thing the world needs is more of Robert Mueller’s commentary, but Congress is determined to have him hold forth at a public hearing. It’s not as though we don’t already […]
Franken: Politics equals showbiz
Back when I was a TV local newspup, I met Muhammad Ali to do an interview. This was during his boxing days. While my video person set up, I discovered, to my […]
Could be the Greatest Show on Earth
No one enjoys getting impeached, and if it happens to him, Donald J. Trump will be no exception. On the other hand, it’s hard to imagine any potential target of impeachment in […]
Old vs older in 2020 White House race?
Is Donald Trump slipping? In his endless quest to give everyone a derogatory nickname, he’s now calling Joe Biden “Sleepy Joe.” It’s not clear why he’s calling him “Sleepy,” but it might […]
Impeachment a bad idea for Democrats
Impeach Donald Trump? What a bad idea for the Democrats, in spite of the pressure from the party’s left flank, and in spite of various presidential candidates, like Elizabeth Warren, pandering to […]
Biden announces bid for White House
Former vice president Joe Biden made his much-anticipated entrance into the 2020 Democratic presidential race on Thursday. Biden, 76, launched his bid for the presidency using a Twitter post in which he […]
How the news media enables Trump
We should do better, but how can we? By “we” I mean media wretches — the purveyors, so President Donald Trump charges, of “fake news.” The reality is that we constantly deal […]
Mueller: not enough for “conspiracy”
The “Mueller Report” on the Justice Department’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 American presidential election was finally made public today (Thursday). Robert Mueller’s investigation concluded that on the crucial issue […]
Is Pelosi the real border bottleneck?
UPDATE: President Donald Trump has decided to give Mexico another year to improve the situation at its border with the U.S. When historians look back to this era, they will wonder why […]
