December 29, 2015
The Super Rich Should Pay Their Damn Taxes
(“80 foot motor yacht Alchemist photo D Ramey Logan” by WPPilot – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Commons.) In a properly functioning democracy, politicians would work extra hard to make certain that the very, very wealthy would...
December 27, 2015
2016: Marathon, Not A Sprint
(Photo Credit: “1122-WAS-The White House” by Ingfbruno – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons.) (Published in the Christian Science Monitor.) The 2016 election will be a marathon, not a sprint. We are all focused on Donald Trump,...
December 24, 2015
The Paper Chase
Ted Cruz is Willis Bell. For those who don’t remember, Mr. Bell was the brilliant, eccentric and completely anti-social first year law student in one of my favorite movies, The Paper Chase. The Paper Chase starred John Houseman as the...
December 21, 2015
The Otto Caucus
Wanda: Was it shrewd? Was it good tactics or was it stupid? Otto: Don’t call me stupid. Wanda: Of course not! To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! I’ve known sheep that could out-wit you! I’ve...
December 18, 2015
Ryan’s Regular Order
Sometimes, a baseball team just needs a new manager to get back to its winning ways. Paul Ryan played the cards as they were dealt him by his predecessor, John Boehner, and he played them pretty well. But in all...
December 17, 2015
America First, Charles Lindbergh and Ted Cruz
As Europe was engulfed in its second violent, all-encompassing war of the 20th Century, America split into two camps. Franklin Delano Roosevelt became increasingly concerned about the brutality of the Nazi regime, and he engaged in a campaign to guide...