Perfectly Legal, But Wrong
When “perfectly legal” is a lame excuse for doing the wrong thing
Society and Politics
Super-Charged Sycophancy Comes to D.C.
The Dow is down but super-charged sycophancy is UP! And it’s not just the stupid gold Trump pin Carr is wearing.
The Blatant Hypocrisy of our “Department of Justice”
Many people are upset that Elon Musk, who was not elected or even duly appointed as a public official, is on a “destructive rampage” through various government agencies, a rampage that appears to be both illegal and decidedly random and irrational....
A President to Protect the Polluters
Do you know anyone who voted for Trump in 2024 because they were hoping for more pollution? Probably not. Predictably, though, Drill-Baby-Drill-Donald’s EPA Administrator just cancelled all kinds of regulations meant to protect clean air, clean water, and...
Trump’s Bribery and Extortion: How Great Are We Now?
Recently, as POTUS 47 claims to be rooting out corruption in government, he has demonstrated his love for even greater corruption in America and abroad. He has (1) instructed our government’s Department of Justice (which should not be his to “own”) to no longer...
Suzy MAGA Keeps Drinking that Anti-Government Kool-Aid
From Pennsylvania Women Forward (and thanks to Catharyn Baird) Suzy gets up at 6 a.m. and fills her coffeepot with water to prepare her morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With her...
A Petty & Petulant POTUS Punishes a Patriot
For the Godly Man who always knows what’s best for America, a petulance and pettiness well beyond the pale.
The Inauguration of the Oligarchs
In Mother Jones, David Corn writes, today the three wealthiest men in the U.S.—Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg—"are scheduled to be at the Capitol as honored guests for Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, seated where four years ago Christian...
Facebook’s About-Face on Fact-Checking
The “news” is not just bad these days; far too much of it is perniciously and intentionally false. More and more Americans have come to rely on the free “news” that shows up on social media sites like Tik-Tok, Facebook and X. But even though hate speech,...
Up is Down and Down is Up
On this date, January 6, four years ago, the U.S. democracy in the United States essentially faced a revolt by those who refused to believe that Joe Biden had won the 2020 election. Partisans of the now duly re-elected President, Donald Trump, keep telling us that...
“Selfies” and a $6.2 Million Banana
My wife and I were at the base of an amazing waterfall in central Costa Rica, and we watched a series of tourists taking “selfies” against a backdrop of rushing water. It reminded me how many people now act like they have to compete with each other to get the “perfect...