There I go again. A hopefully provocative headline which will entice you into reading this post. And you likely thought the subject matter involved United States foreign policy. If you’re still reading this, it worked. Actually, this post is about philanthropy, a topic which has received considerable attention during the last couple of weeks, … Read more
Imagined transcript for “Weekend Update”: September 17, 2016. All of the material in italics in this post are documented quotes about President Barack Obama’s country of birth. ANCHOR: Like all of you, we miss Gilda Radner. In hopes of recapturing just a smidgen of her comic magic, Saturday Night Live has invited Republican President candidate … Read more
Last February, Donald Trump and his surrogates began making a comparison between Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and the break-in at Democratic Headquarters and the subsequent cover-up by the committee to re-elect Richard Nixon president. Fox News commentator Andrew Napolitano suggested the unavailability of every email “was far worse than an 18-and-a-half-minute … Read more
While driving to D.C. on Friday, I was listening to Morning Joe on satellite radio, when the panel was interviewing a Democratic representative about Congress’ failure to provide funds to fight Zika. It’s not what he said that raised my ire. It’s what he didn’t say and made me realize Democrats need to stop blaming Republicans for … Read more
There has been a lot of discussion whether there was any quid pro quo associated with donations to the Clinton Family Foundation while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the term as “something that is given to you or done for you in return for something you have given to or … Read more