18 Dec. 2019
It’s Time
The Eight Counts of Impeachment That Trump Deserves :The lessons from Nixon and Clinton During Watergate, the House Judiciary Committee considered five articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon — and voted down two of them. During the impeachment of Bill Clinton, the House voted on four articles — and rejected two. That history serves as a reminder that impeachment […]
Really?
Note: This is verified as true at Snopes.com: This photograph was taken by Jeremy Pelzer, a journalist with Cleveland.com, with this comment – “So I took this photo yesterday of two guys from Delaware, Ohio at a Trump rally. Learn more about them here. https://www.cleveland.com/expo/news/erry-2018/08/e178a851af7984/heres-who-we-saw-at-donald-tru.html …“ 5:11 PM – Aug 5, 2018 · Columbus, OH The two friends […]
Discard the Trash
I sit here listening to the Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump. I hear from the Republicans cowardice, lies, and deception. And I say this: if you – all of you, Democrats and Republicans alike – will not agree to post articles of impeachment on a man who has no respect […]
Pray?
I recently read in the November 13th issue of The New York Times Magazine that an evangelist named Ralph Drollinger has been conducting weekly “Bible study” meetings for the Trump Cabinet. To be fair, not all the cabinet members attend (the meetings are apparently not mandatory), and a number of the attendees aren’t even Cabinet […]
Boo!
For a more assertive view of the booing that Trump recently received at a World Series game, see Eric Levitz’s article here: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/nationals-trump-boo-lock-him-up-chant-morning-joe-coons.html He makes a valid and – I believe – persuasive point.
Just Politics
I am consumed by impeachment news, glued to CNN, fascinated by each day’s revelations about Trump, his cohorts, supporters, and enemies, and the public reaction. Each upward tick of “for impeachment and removal” gets my applause and approval. I am living through a historic time, waiting for the denouement, knowing that – whatever the outcome […]
We, not Me
Dilemma
Yesterday, September 26, 2019, Joseph Maguire, the acting Director of National Intelligence, testified before the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee regarding a whistleblower’s complaint that he withheld from Congress beyond the prescribed timeline for submitting such documents. He opened his testimony with some remarks about his long service in the military and in the government, […]