Iowa Deports Trump

The Drudge Report called Saturday’s final Des Moines Register poll in Iowa a shocking development.  I must disagree.  The only thing shocking about this reversal of fortune for Donald Trump is the fact people are shocked.  Iowa is ground zero for the perfect storm for Trump’s economic agenda.  It can be summed up in four … Read more

Head Fart

Here they go again.  Just when you thought the Heritage Foundation “geniuses” at Project 2025 who proposed a two-tier regressive system increasing taxes for lower and middle class Americans while giving the wealthy new and deeper tax cuts, wait until you see their plan to reduce opportunities for early childhood education.  Not only do they … Read more

The GOP’s Recessive Gene

Before January 6, 2021, there was another “big lie.”  Republicans repeatedly told us that they are the guardians of the U.S. economy.  Yet, according to the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research, there have been 11 recession since 1953 of which 10 took place during Republican administrations.  Consider the following. During the Eisenhower administration (1953-61), … Read more

Men of UNreal Genius

In his victory speech following the 2016 Nevada primary, then candidate Donald Trump thanked those who made a difference during his campaign including a shout out for one demographic of which he seemed most proud.  “We won with poorly educated.  I love the poorly educated.”  I too would love this segment of the voting population … Read more

Government Bailouts

England and America are two countries separated by the same language! ~Mallory Brown, Christian Science Monitor September 1942 Brown’s observation was never more true than last night as BBC correspondents reported the Labour Party’s landslide victory after 14 continuous years of Conservative Party rule.  For example, as the vote counting ended in each parliamentary district, a … Read more