Democrats' (Re)New(ed) Dictatorship of the Absurd
Do Democrats ask why their party has turned against “direct democracy” by using courts & “legislative tricks” to block citizen initiatives? Do the most radical among them realize their “unchallengeable” ideas have always been undemocratic to most?
Sharon Stone’s Stone-Cold Marijuana Withdrawal
Consider that Sharon Stone’s stoned cold withdrawal from marijuana (or any potentially addictive drug) is arguably a lesson on how medicine, psychiatry, religion & LAW can intersect …
Book on VP Vance’s POTUS Hopes Turns a Page?
JD Vance is arguably the most articulate VP since Teddy Roosevelt but are his Iran & Ukraine misreads looking like a Thanksgiving turkey that needs further seasoning & time to cook on the presidential grill? Is 2028 lookin’ more like 2032 or beyond?
Trump Slaughters EAC & Earth Quakes n’ Quacks
US Supremes just issued their “Slaughter” rule allowing No. 47 to fire executive agency heads so the firestorm of protests over his booting all US Election Assistance Commission members is arguably “Much Ado About Nothing …”
Is Twinkie Smucker’s Numero Uno or No-No?
The Twinkie was born 1930 in a Sweet Home Chicago burb but leave it to conglomerate Smuckers to buy out Grandpa Hostess & let greed muck up the snack delight’s shelf life & financial legacy …
Abraham Lincoln Was a Founding Father
Watching “1776” to celebrate the American Experiment’s 250th Anniversary, I was reminded how bitterly many Founding Fathers fought but failed to denounce the world’s slavery in the Declaration of Independence. It was up to Lincoln to finish their job…
Pope Won’t Confess Losing Migrant War
Pope Leo again called on the West to be more kind to migrants “seeking a better life” while ignoring the West has been overly generous to them. Hasn’t the West’s kindness resulted in an abusive invasion from the East & even the naïve EU’s finally had enough?
Trump’s No Herbert but Lloyd Looms in Iran
Trump now says he cut the controversial Iran “deal” because he did not want to keep fighting & trigger an impending Great Depression ala Herbert Hoover; then he says if Iran keeps fighting he’ll “bomb the s*** out of ‘em” to avoid the “Lloyd George” tag...
Independent Commissions Still on Life Support?
SCOTUS will soon decide if “Independent commissions” are an afront to the Constitution’s Separation of Powers clause & an illegal assault on a president’s prerogatives to run them. In December orals, several Justices had appeared to signal they are...
Trump’s “White Out” Not So Black & White?
The old saw “it takes one to know one” might apply to the federal judge in Boston ordering Trump to reinstall all politically charged displays on any US museum, park or landmark for the sake of balanced history. A tad overreach?
