On Thursday night, Republican candidate Donald Trump took pride for the following clause in his acceptance speech. As your President, I will do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology. This is offensive on many levels. Not only is selective protection of human rights unacceptable, … Read more
Or people for whom I feel sorry. One of the most bizarre episodes during the Republican National Convention was the inclusion of material from Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech during the Democratic National Convention in Melania Trump’s address on Monday night. After two days of denying the charges of plagiarism, the campaign finally released a statement by one Meredith McIver, … Read more
The late Sam Kinison, reflecting on his own failed marriages, once included the following line in his act, “I don’t condone wife beating, but I understand it.” I was reminded of Kinison’s attempt at shock humor as the discussion unfolded concerning Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s comments about Donald Trump’s fitness to be president. … Read more
I would never suggest there is an equivalency between playing in the Wimbledon finals and running for president of the United States. But I am fairly positive the desire and drive to raise the championship trophy is the same. Unfortunately, that is where the similarity ends. Yesterday, the women’s Wimbledon final between Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber … Read more
In 1831, the French Government commissioned Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaument to study the United States prison system. Their journey resulted in de Tocqueville’s much broader treatise Democracy in American, an analysis of the religious, political and economic nature of American society. The American experience became much clearer through the eyes of a foreigner. Last night, Trevor … Read more