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In his inauguration speech Trump spelled out a vision of America that could only be set out by a man who knows nothing about what America is about. It is the type of speech that could only be given by a man who never gave anything to his country but only thought of making money…

I saw this photograph and read an article in the Economist that brought chills to me. It is a triptych painting featuring Mr Trump, Vladimir Putin and the French far-right leader Marine Le Pen. It was in the middle of a room in Moscow. The article noted that “many in Moscow herald [Trump’s] populist, isolationist message as a…

Donald Trump was asked whether he had any heroes.  He said no. He then went on to talk about his father and himself. Reading that I was inspired to compose this elegy for him done with apologies to Sir Walter Scott. The use of the term elegy is as a “serious meditative poem.” Samuel Taylor…

I suggest that you can take judicial notice that never in our history has a president-elect caused such turmoil during his transition from election to being sworn into office.  Judicial notice means that the truth of that fact is so notorious or well-known, or so authoritatively attested, that it cannot reasonably be doubted. Is there anyone…

I had a dispute with another whether Trump is woefully ignorant or a devious malign force deigning to destroy the America that we know. Exhibit One is the transcript of the interview Trump gave within a week of his assuming the office to an English and German newspaper. Make your own judgment Speaks in unintelligible…

I have some people I know who are big Trump supporters. On occasion, they send me emails that they circulate among themselves. I assume they do it because they believe me to be a liberal and perhaps think they are throwing a friendly jab at me every once in a while. I don’t mind since…