Yes, Iāve done this twice before, both times in 2025. Consider this my third (post-)No Kings Day piece, which, like the previous…
As always, the Trump administration is setting ever stranger records for public āentertainmentā (and yes, I certainly do have to put that…
I was born on July 20, 1944, in the midst of World War II. My father had just returned from Burma where…
Honestly, you couldnāt make this world up, could you? Before 2016, in what grim fantasy (or comedy) would Donald Trump ever have…
There should be screaming headlines about it every day! Yes, every day! Our planet, the only one we live on (despite Elon…
It wasnāt so very long ago that there were three great powers reasonably ascendant on planet Earth. Iām thinking, of course, about…
I recently drove to a gas station in Massachusetts to fill my tank with regular gas, the cheapest around, and, to my…
I know, I know. Recently, Donald Trump has been obsessed with water, at least theĀ algae-green waterĀ in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool that…
It will soon be the 250th anniversary of this country and the Trump administration is already planning its own set of celebrations.…
Let me try to tell you what an old man I really am. As a start, imagine this: I still read the…
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