Trump
In Part I of this essay, I tried to make the point that every President does things that are each citizen must assess as either good for the country or not. Policy positions can be debated and revised by subsequent administrations. Lawns on the White House grounds...
There are things that any President does that should be applauded, and others that should be condemned. I have been troubled by the sense today that some, on both sides of the political divide, would choose to condemn everything from a President they don’t like and...
Today marks some progress in the Iran War. It is not settled. It is not won. The ceasefire is now in place according to the understandings of both Iran and the U.S. Here is what has happened: The Iranian Foreign Minister posted this morning, “In line with the...
NOTE: Nothing that I write below should in any way be read as an endorsement of Iran, its theocracy, its leadership, or its culpability. I, like I imagine most of you who read this, would like to see a cessation of hostilities before the U.S. chooses to destroy the...
As we follow the arguments before the Supreme Court regarding the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, there are some questions that we might ask ourselves. I am not an attorney, have never studied law, nor am I a constitutional scholar. I am just an interested...
I wrote an essay called “Pieces of the Puzzle” on November 2, 2025, in which I laid out what I believed were the signs of an oncoming takeover of Venezuela. Many people, particularly Trump supporters, told me at the time that I was crazy, that we would never take...
A question has been raised about constricting the 14th Amendment to provide that only children born of a legal resident mother be given citizenship. Regarding that question here is some historical perspective. I think that perspective is important because what...
As we all get out the bowls of snacks at 8 pm tonight to settle down and watch a civilization get obliterated on live TV, we might want to consider what a “deal” to avoid it would have looked like. More importantly, we should ask the question, “Would you make a deal...
I wrote an essay called “Pieces of the Puzzle” on November 2, 2025, in which I laid out what I believed were the signs of an oncoming takeover of Venezuela. Many people, particularly Trump supporters, told me at the time that I was crazy, that we would never take over...
The young Trump had acquired the site at 56th and Fifth in 1979, after Bonwit Teller relocated to a smaller site a block north, and he announced big plans to demolish the 1929 structure and erect a $100‑million tower with a mix of commercial and residential space. The...
"A real question from a Trump supporter: ‘Why do liberals think Trump supporters are stupid?’ THE SERIOUS ANSWER: Here’s what the majority of anti-Trump voters honestly feel about Trump supporters en masse: That when you saw a man who had owned a fraudulent...