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Two dizzying weeks of the Trumpapalooza left my head spinning. It’s been a shock-and-awe assault on reason and truth. Having calmed myself with a few shots of tequila, I feel sufficiently composed to offer some random thoughts. Here goes:… more »

As Donald Trump took his obstreperous circus act to Brussels for the NATO summit this week, Congressional Republicans, who heretofore assumed a figurative fetal position in the face of the President’s bullying, decided it was okay to stand-up now that… more »

With Donald Trump set to announce his nominee to replace Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, a betting man would say confirmation is a lock. Senate Democrats may delay a confirmation vote but they cannot prevent it. The most cynical politician of our… more »

If you suspect the stars are aligned so as to portend an upcoming economic downturn, recall what one old-time politician told another: “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves…” Forget Adam Smith’s “invisible hand”- it will be… more »

The Fourth of July has passed and Donald Trump is getting ready to reprise his foreign affairs act of early June. Following his acrimonious performance at the G7 meeting in Canada June 9, he jetted off to Singapore for the summit meeting with North… more »

The Fourth of July is a day to remember that this nation was founded not on the basis of ethnicity or religious affiliation, but on a set of ideas. While it has not always realized those principles (think slavery, the genocide of the natives, the… more »