Dr. ESP Two stories about seemingly unrelated statistics explain why Donald Trump is in danger of losing EVERYONE except his basest supporters. Polls This week there was a convergence of numbers unseen in recent history. Yesterday’s Gallup poll showed Trump’s approval at a new low of 37 percent. Disapproval is now 56 percent. Considering the drip-drip-drip … Read more
This morning’s edition of the Miami Herald included an article titled, “Conan Jokes May Have Killed, But He Stands Accused of Theft.” The plaintiff in the copyright infringement case is Robert Kaseberg, who among other credits was a staff writer for Jay Leno. According to the story, Kaseberg claimed, “he posted several jokes online that … Read more
Synchronicity is a concept, first introduced by analytical psychologist Carl Jung, which holds that events are “meaningful coincidences” if they occur with no causal relationship yet seem to be meaningfully related. (Wikipedia) Early Sunday morning I received an email from a reader asking if I was aware of the protest in Charlottesville, Virginia (where we … Read more
Yesterday, Donald Trump delivered the commencement address at Liberty University. For an individual who values superlatives, I must give the devil his due. His remarks took hypocrisy to a new level. As I read the transcript, I could only imagine how a younger Donald Trump would have reflected on his commencement speech if the … Read more
This week, many media outlets and journalists have made comparisons between the firing of FBI director James Comey and the “Saturday Night Massacre,” when Richard Nixon fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox on October 20, 1973. The two events differ in many ways, the most important being the refusal of Attorney General Elliot Richardson and … Read more