Tom Nichols explains why Trump-haters and even media outlets have to stop being outraged when he does the kind of things every president does upon taking office, from firing political appointees, to issuing executive orders, to changing the board members of Voice Of America: There is plenty of fuel for the president’s critics in these […]
A dozen days into his presidency, I’m still not used to hearing the two words, “President Trump.” It just sounds wrong, as if it were lifted from that scene in “Back To The Future”… Dr. Emmett Brown: Then tell me, future boy, who’s President of the United States in 1985? Marty McFly: Ronald Reagan. Dr. […]
This segment of a Dutch television show requires no setup…
The over/under for today is 61. Not for points in the Falcons-Packers game. For “alternative facts” (lies) told by the Trump White House.
I’m not one for pomp and circumstance. Actually, I’m okay with circumstance, it’s pomp I can’t stand. Why is that word never used on its own? It’s always partnered with circumstance. You never hear, “She was a victim of pomps.” Watching the inaugural on Friday, it was so weird seeing Obama laughing it up with […]
Rob Long, a screenwriter and TV producer, on why Hollywood should already know how to handle Trump: I’m a Republican (sort of), so maybe I’m predisposed to look on the bright side of any Republican administration, even one that’s run by a Democrat. But it seems to me that if there’s any community that knows […]