In my May 24, 2017 post titled, “You’re Going To Need a Bigger Bed.” I highlighted the hypocrisy associated with evangelical Protestant support for Donald Trump who violates every tenet of this religious sect. In hindsight, this condemnation was unfair. Not because evangelicals are not hypocritical. Hardly. I was unfair by singling them out. … Read more
My head is spinning. Why? Because there is a story to tell and there are so many ways to approach it, I have no idea which path is the best to take. So forgive me if this post seems somewhat disjointed. The working title for this article was originally, “The Wrong Analogy.” It was triggered … Read more
In response to Tuesday’s post “Numbers Matter,” a reader commented, “Still, is it not an accomplishment of monumental proportions for Trump, against such slings and arrows, to hold even a 37 percent approval?” If Comrade Trump had seen this response, he probably would have tweeted, “Blog agrees my approval rating is the most ‘monumental … 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