Tag: president trump
Jan. 31, 2020
The most murderous century, and its successor
While the impeachment proceedings in the U. S. Senate began last week, President Trump, like Richard Nixon under fire before him, betook himself to foreign…
Jan. 24, 2020
The U.S. senate fiddles while the planet burns
Donald Trump’s impeachment trial now begins, with a travesty cast of lawyers including Kenneth Starr, whose conduct during the Clinton impeachment led to the abolition…
Jan. 17, 2020
A blood-soaked tale 40 years in the making
There are two rules of the road for any president: Don’t crash the economy, and don’t start a war. If Donald Trump needed any reminder…
Jan. 10, 2020
Working to change the rules of war
In July of 2012, amid the dry heat of southern Afghanistan, first Lt. Clint Lorance ordered his soldiers to fire on three unarmed Afghan motorcyclists,…
Jan. 10, 2020
Party Faction and the Politics of Impeachment
A party is a political grouping that supports the interests of one or more constituencies on behalf of what is believed to be the public…
Nov. 22, 2019
The ever imploding Presidency of Donald Trump
Donald Trump has been telling us about the “Deep State” for the past three years. It’s not a new idea. The Deep State, some say,…
Nov. 15, 2019
Here Comes the Joker, but the Joke’s on Us
Recently, I saw Todd Phillips’ new film, “Joker,” based on DC comic strips. The Joker is well known as one of the antagonists of the…
Nov. 8, 2019
The Bases the two-party system and the 2020 election
It’s still really 2016. We had an election that year that produced an unprecedented event: We elected a demagogue. We’re still stuck with him, and…
Nov. 1, 2019
President Trump’s handling of the Kurds portrays the U.S. as an unfaithful ally.
In early October, the Trump administration declared that they would be withdrawing troops from Northern Syria, all while chaos engulfed the region and Turkey launched…
Nov. 1, 2019
It’s Time to Retire the American Empire
When the Thirteen Colonies rebelled against George III in 1775, Great Britain was the world’s most powerful empire, although China had not yet heard of…