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Trump Comeback?

Well, Trump skated again, which means he will likely be back at us to salve his ego, which is why he became president of the USA in the first place.  Ego is why he does anything and everything. We can only wonder what his childhood was like. Maybe there is one good outcome of this failure to convict Trump when... Continue Reading

Just Call a Liar a Liar

Why have we stopped calling liars what they are?:  liars.   Why have we, especially the media, come to accept and use weasel-words such as "misinformation," "disinformation," and "alternate reality?" It's like calling a felony a "misdeed."  My English teachers --- at Palm Beach Elementary, Palm Beach High (now called Twin Lakes High, dang-it), and Oglethorpe University --- are probably hopping... Continue Reading

Deep Breathing

I haven't posted anything for about six weeks, didn't know why, not even working on the final draft of Hudson School, my next novel.  Then the election came roaring down the pike, the delayed results emerged, and suddenly I can breathe again, really breathe, deeply.  I didn't know I had lost---no, misplaced---the ability to open up and take it in. ... Continue Reading

The Rules of Partisan Politics

Regarding the current Supreme Court mess... The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg — like Thurgood Marshall, a civil rights giant, who demanded that the United States live up to its ideals — has created the fourth time in the last six decades that liberals may turn over a seat to conservatives. Aware of this possibility, some legal scholars and writers... Continue Reading

What explains Trump?

Too many people try to explain Trump's actions and motivations rationally, when he has shown us for many years to be primarily if not totally irrational.  The latest is Heather Cox Richardson writing on today's Bill Moyers On Democracy blog (billmoyers.com.) As I wade through the flood of news today, all of it trying to tilt the playing field toward... Continue Reading

What Explains Trump’s “Base?”

As bizarre and lie-filled as the recent Republican Convention was, one would think that it could only do damage to the Cause of Trump.  And yet 35 to 45% of our country remain rabid Trumpists.  Is it simply that they are stupid?  It's certainly not rational what he and they say about  "evil" Democrats.  Is it getting back at Democrats... Continue Reading