Greetings from Winnipeg, Canada. No, we’re not seeking asylum. Just trying to get away from the heat and bugs that come with summer in Florida. Before crossing the U.S./Canada border we spent four days in the Dakotas. While there, we did not see one Trump sign or one Trump bumper sticker. Strange, because we … Read more
It’s hard to look beyond Donald Trump’s continuous and escalating sociopathic behavior since Thursday’s cruel and unwarranted Tweet storm. But this morning my thoughts turned to Agent Orange’s upcoming trip to Hamburg, Germany and the G-20 Summit. This group, which first met following the 2008 global financial meltdown, continues to focus on putting safeguards in place … Read more
In his dissent of the Supreme Court decision in the 1932 case New State Ice Co. v Liebmann, Justice Louis Brandeis introduced the now oft-quoted phrase “laboratories of democracy.” The case revolved around the ability of a state, in the absence of any federal regulation, to issue a license in cases where that government … Read more
In the latest revival of a classic joke, I offer the following multiple choice question. What do you call Donald Trump and 143 of his advisers. A. Gross Incompetence B. Gross Ignorance C. Just Plain Gross D. All of the Above Two events triggered this post. At a friend’s birthday party last night, I … Read more
The 1979 movie All That Jazz includes one of my all-time favorite musical performances. After protagonist Joe Gideon (played by Roy Scheider) learns his latest movie was not well received by critics, his daughter (Erzsebet Foldi) and girlfriend (Ann Reinking) cheer him up with a song and dance rendition of Peter Allen and Carole Bayer Sager’s … Read more