ON MATTERS OF DUBIOUS INTEREST
Thus spoke the great philosopher George Santayana in 1905, and his words have always gotten wide currency. I almost took it for the epigraph to Trumpworld Begins because it so powerfully expresses that we learned nothing from the lunatic’s first term.
In 2016 many seemed unable to predict the future or learn from the past, but some of us did read the handwriting on the wall. Continue reading “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
The arch could still be stopped in its tracks; the ballroom maybe not. Because it is an affront to everything classical and tasteful in DC’s monuments, it should be rapidly torn down and the East Wing of the White House restored.
Will the Dems and a new Congress have the balls to do this? Will the Trumpian monstrosities prevail? Oliver Wainright, The Guardian’s architecture critic, last month had some pregnant thoughts on the mutilation of Washington that must not continue. Continue reading “Should Dems Win, Ballroom Must Be the First Thing to Go”
The sick lunatic who is our president is trying to pull another fast one, this time on DC’s East Potomac Golf Course, a national treasure. Like his takeover grab for the Kennedy Center. Now 500 old historic trees are down so he can build another Trump golf course. A fierce legal battle is on, and the judge is angry. Continue reading “The Trees”
Of all Trump’s depraved doings, this one has really captured the public’s attention and ire. It’s a personal slap in the face to JFK and his memory, to the arts, to Washington. It has gotten national attention and has truly galvanized the District.
I lived and worked in DC for about eight years. It was an extraordinary town then, with plenty of problems, yes, and Trump is now doing all he can to destroy it. Continue reading “Chaos at the Kennedy Center”
Trumpworld Begins will not please everybody since it’s my contentious perspective on the madness in Trump’s first term. Anyhow, here are some reactions from a friend. Now, please make your move and buy a copy here (US) or here (Mexico). Thank you. Continue reading “One Reader’s Reaction”
To no one’s great surprise, Kim Jong Un recently denounced U.S. actions in Iran, calling them acts of state-sponsored terrorism and aggression.
Eight years earlier at their first meeting, it was all happy hokum, or so Trump thought. He actually believed Kim was ready to give up his nukes. My observations on this are now published in Trumpworld Begins, which I hope you will buy here (US) or here (Mexico). Continue reading “The Worm Turns”
I haven’t heard much from Ann Coulter lately, but then I don’t subscribe to X, where she hangs out. She did say back in 2024, “The best thing Trump could do for America is die.” I gave her a short chapter in Trumpworld Begins back in 2017. It’s worth reposting here as a way to introduce you to the book—which I want you to buy here or, in Mexico, here. And it helps you remember how one of the great universities caved on freedom of speech. Continue reading “A True Conservative Nut Case”
Each day we hear about another mind-blowing Trumpian disaster. They are now beyond shocking. Trumpworld Begins traces their beginnings in his first term. You’ll learn how it was all predicated and primed in the years 2016-2018—if only we’d been smart enough to read the signs. Continue reading “What We Learned about Trump and Forgot”
Here’s all you need to know about Trump’s Correspondents’ Dinner:
President Donald Trump attacked a slew of journalists and some of his favorite political foils at a slimmed-down redo of the White House correspondents’ dinner on Friday, comparing one female reporter to a transgender social media star, mocking politicians’ physical appearances, and bringing his audience to mostly stunned silence for more than an hour before pulling out a red Trump 2028 cap and declaring he was running for another term. Continue reading “Another Day, Another Dinner”
It could have been yesterday that Thomas Brackett Reed (1839–1902), one-time speaker of the House, said this.
What Trump does to your mind—and the sum of human knowledge—was never on better display than in Thursday night’s speech. Continue reading ““They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.””
Captain: Them sonsabitches. Here we are stuck for over a month now, and nobody will pay the bill to get us out.
First Mate: The Greeks who own this tub got plenty of money. And we can’t even get decent food. Continue reading “On Board an Oil Tanker off Hormuz”