Nov 20, 2016 | Politics
Jack Shafer says “Stop Being Trump’s Twitter Fool“… By this time you’d expect that people would have figured out when Donald Trump is yanking their chain and pay him the same mind they do phone calls tagged “Out of Area” by Caller ID. But, no. Like Pavlov’s dog, too many of us leap to object […]
Nov 17, 2016 | Politics, Television
Jon Stewart with Charlie Rose on “CBS This Morning” today, discussing the state of America now that it has elected Donald Trump as our 45th President…
Nov 16, 2016 | Politics
Kurt Eichenwald — who did tremendous reporting this year on Donald Trump, his campaign, and his suspicious business practices — has a piece in Newsweek on the myths Democrats swallowed that cost them the presidential election. One of those myths is that, based on a poll done early in the summer, Bernie Sanders would have […]
Nov 14, 2016 | Politics
My brother Seth, the former US Deputy Secretary Of Labor, has compiled a list of how Democrats should respond to Trump’s labor policies — those they should support (e.g. infrastructure, child care, retirement security) and those they should oppose (e.g. discrimination, union busting, attacks on labor standards).
Nov 13, 2016 | Picture of the Day, Politics, Television
Dave Chappelle returned to TV last night to host “Saturday Night Live” and opened with the strongest monologue anyone has performed on that show in a very long time. It was topical and a bit profane (I’m sure they had to edit for the west coast feed), but it was very funny…
Nov 12, 2016 | Politics
Note to liberals hoping Trump is impeached: you do realize that means President Mike Pence, don’t you?