The Apprentice in the White House

Some readers may recall a February 15, 2017 post titled, “The Old Switcheroo,” in which I chronicled the role NBC played in positioning Donald Trump’s run for president.  From the “Too Little, Too Late,” department, many news outlets have devoted their reporting during this final week of 2018 on the unhinged behavior of the oval … Read more

Dangling Modifiers

My mother-in-law was an English teacher who, I know, would be the first to say of Donald Trump, “Forget the spelling errors.  This man cannot speak English!” I can only imagine her response to these recent tweets. A 115 mile long contract? Wow, that would be something Trump could accurately call an accomplishment unmatched in … Read more

Random Thoughts 12/23/2018

I Hope They Are Not Getting Paid for This MESSAGE TO RUSSIAN TROLLS AND BOTS: If you’re going to try and hack Americans or influence voters, I strongly suggest you make an effort to translate your correspondence.  Below is one of several comments we received in response to the  December 13 post, “The Putin Principle.” … Read more

Justice Is Blind; Judges Are Not

NOTE:  I drafted this post at 2:00 p.m. yesterday, immediately following the initial reports out of the Federal District Court in Washington, D.C.  This morning many of the sentiments expressed below were raised by legal analysts, especially Joyce Vance, former federal district attorney in Alabama, and Chuck Rosenberg, former head of the Drug Enforcement Administration. … Read more

Moscow Dick

Yesterday, Donald Trump’s other “rat,” the one he pays NOT to blow the whistle on him did what no one expected he could do.  Rudy Guliani one-upped Michael Cohen who had previously testified his attempts on behalf of the Trump Organization to close a deal for a Trump Tower in Moscow continued through June 2016.  … Read more