The other day we saw someone doing something particularly nasty The person with me commented: “that’s not Christian-like.” Being in an ornery mood I said: “What does Christian-like mean. Does it mean all those who are Christian do good things and others don’t?” It was a rhetorical question and as expected the answer I got…
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Trump: The Great Divider, Dissembler, and Hater.
Today it became clear. Today is to be a banner day for Trump and all of you who support him. This morning he tweeted about what he expects to happen. It should bring joy to your hearts. For the rest of us it shows how fragile our democracy has become. He started the day indicating…
The Tale of Two Juniors (and their dads Patriarca and Trump)
The only other Junior I knew of was Junior Patriarca. He was the son of Raymond L.S. Patriarca the head of the New England Mafia. L.S., as Frankie Salemme referred to him, was a tough guy who ran the mob with an iron hand. No one in the mob could be murdered except with his…
North Korea: Whose Lives Are To Be Put at Risk?
Earlier this year Trump tweeted or said that North Korea (NK) would not be allowed to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). On July 4 in NK its leader Kim Jong-un thought he would give Trump a Fourth of July present. He fired off amid great celebrating and high-fives an ICBM that Trump set as…
A Note on My Absence:
I owe an explanation for my disappearance. It was as sudden as it was unplanned. It is difficult to explain the reason. In one sense I could suggest that all of a sudden other things filled up my time so that I had no time left for blogging. That though would be only a partial…
Democrats Played to Small Base While Abandoning Traditional Base
I wrote how the article “Democrats lack strong voice amid Trump’s Russia investigation meltdown“ made me recognize how old the Democratic leadership had become. It also points to the lack of appeal the party of the ancients has to younger folk and why the Republicans control Congress and most state governor offices and legislatures. As…