It occurs to me that a lifetime of bullying staffers and swindling contractors has left Donald Trump uniquely suited to throwing his weight around as leader of the greatest nation on earth. And this is not a good thing. Whereas other presidents felt constrained by tradition and presidential courtesy to negotiate with smaller nations basically [...]
Now that all the Christmas and Thanksgiving turkeys have been consumed for yet another year… I think its time we faced facts America: Turkey is pretty terrible. To eat, that is. I know…its blasphemy, right? The holiday Turkey is so American that eating it is almost a patriotic duty. But while we all grew up [...]
That shrinking ragtag 'caravan' of refugees slowly hiking their way toward the southern border of these United States must certainly be carrying nukes, or nerve gas or some other weapon of mass destruction--otherwise why has our President sent thousands of troops to the border to keep us safe from this 'invasion'? Maybe I'm the one [...]
My dad used to tell the story of a popular radio host back in the days before television. He was good at his job, but most of all, Pops said he was known as a really nice guy. Then one day after some kind of argument, Mr. Nice Guy lost his temper and fired his [...]
Teachers packing pistols to protect their students—an idea so desperate and unserious it’s clear the crowd that keeps bringing it up is more worried about optics than real options for stopping these awful school shootings. First of all, under the good-teacher-with-a-gun scenario some kind of shootout with the bad guy would be inevitable. But if [...]
Contemplating the fate of my Washington Redskins this morning I had a bit of a revelation regarding soon-to-be departed quarterback Kirk Cousins. Conventional wisdom around here seems to be that Cousins is a very good player who may well be even better if he goes to work for a better organization. Heck, he might even [...]
Now that Redskins' season has mercifully come to an end, here’s the sad and much-talked-about reality: In this coming off-season the team very well may not be able to hold on to their most precious and valuable player—quarterback Kirk Cousins. Either because they won’t pay him enough, or he no longer wants to be here. [...]
I went to see Justice League this afternoon and about halfway through, it hit me: This movie is pretty damn good. I’m intrigued by the story, never bored with the action and I care about the characters. In other words, despite what the critics tell you—Justice League does not suck. Not even close. Now [...]
It’s been a year now since America elected Donald Trump as president and if there’s one thing I still just can’t over it is this number: 58 percent. See according the Pew Center…that’s the percentage of White voters who supported trump … even after the guy played the race card…maliciously… throughout the campaign. He is [...]
When I graduated from American University waaaay back in 1981…. Our speaker was some Reagan administration person who was so important and bigtime that I cannot recall his name. Still some of my fellow graduates were so incensed by this man’s prescence…that when he took the stage they stood up and turned their backs on [...]
