Month: February 2018

Texas Democrats are Eager to Vote

I’ve often compared the red/blue divide in our politics to two tectonic plates that are locked together. Every so often, there is some slippage along the fault line that causes a minor political earthquake, but things...

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Paul Manafort Really Needed $16 Million

Compare: Financial records filed last year in the secretive tax haven of Cyprus, where Paul J. Manafort kept bank accounts during his years working in Ukraine and investing with a Russian oligarch, indicate that he had been in...

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Rep. Ryan Costello is Really Losing It

My congressman, Ryan Costello, is well-respected in my community. He’s a local boy who did good. He knows he represents a district that voted for Obama once and for Hillary Clinton. He doesn’t throw bombs and keeps...

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Trump Doesn’t Know Fact from Fiction

Asha Rangappa is a former FBI counterintelligence officer who now lectures at Yale University. She’s written a piece for Politico that explores some fairly obvious points about the damage that can be done to our...

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Midweek Cafe and Lounge, Vol. 53

Happy Hump Day!  Once again, I’m filling in for Don Durito and continuing my theme of music nominated at awards shows.  This week, I’m sharing the music videos nominated at the Costume Designers Guild...

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