Month: September 2015

No Sense of Decency

Frank Rich is money when it comes to using his encyclopedic knowledge of political literature, theater, and cinema to put Trumpism in its proper place in the American tradition. I also like the concise phrasing he uses here:...

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Political Leadership vs. Political Demagoguery

It’s true that our Constitution says that there shall be no religious test to hold political office in the United States. You can find this in Article VI: The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members...

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Casual Observation

First of all, Rep. Alcee Hastings lost the ability to tell anyone anything a long time ago, and secondly, the question of Bernie Sanders’ electability is something that he can answer in the Democratic nominating contest....

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Trump, the Cardboard Cutout Candidate

I knew I remembered this story about Trump University being a giant scam. Let me see, where did I see that? Oh, yes, I saw it at the Washington Montlhly two freaking years ago when no one thought Donald Trump was a serious...

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