Which Way to Patriotism? Do you root for Orange Julius (“OJ”) to succeed? In other words, when he does something that he says is going to help the country, do you hope it actually does help or hope that it doesn’t? I’m sure you’ve gone through the thought process: success would be good for OJ … Continue reading A Few Conclusions for a Few Questions
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Donald and Bibi – A Conversation
In my increasingly paranoid view of the world, I imagined the following phone conversation between our exalted leader and the guy in Israel with the same job. Trump: Bibi, baby, is that you? Bibi: Who else bubby? It’s your favorite Jew. Trump: Oh, this makes my day even better. I’ve been having so much fun … Continue reading Donald and Bibi – A Conversation
A Pam Bondi Memo
MEMORANDUM FROM: Pamela Bondi, Attorney General of the United States TO: Donald J. Trump, President of the United States SUBJECT: Pardon of Ghislaine Maxwell DATE: August 2, 2025 You have asked me to give you an analysis of whether you can legally pardon Ghislaine Maxwell. You know Ghislaine very well, I don’t have to explain … Continue reading A Pam Bondi Memo
The Interview
This week, there was a meeting between Todd Blanche, one of Trump’s defense lawyers, the one now masquerading as the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, and Ghislane Maxwell, a former pimp for Jeffrey Epsein now doing time in a prison that she desperately wants to get out of. The government chose not to … Continue reading The Interview
A Proposed Graduation Speech
In this season of graduations, for the 76th year in a row, no one has asked me to give a commencement address. If someone had, this is what I would have said: “Graduates – First of all, do not listen to a word I am about to say. I speak today as a representative of the … Continue reading A Proposed Graduation Speech
The Future is the Past
We thought it was bad enough that the MAGA’s wanted to take us back to the 1950’s. After all, that was when America was great wasn’t it? That was when America was king and when men were men, and women and “Negroes” knew their places. That, we thought was what MAGA wanted. Oh, baby, we … Continue reading The Future is the Past
It’s Gotta Be Somethin’
I know it’s gotta’ be somethin’ Riddle me this: assume you put a shitload of billionaires together and then turn them loose to make the rules for the country; and assume that the pick the billionaires you pick are the most avaricious, selfish bastards that “anyone has ever seen before”; but then further assume that, … Continue reading It’s Gotta Be Somethin’
Listen Again to Big Ben
The story is often told about how Big Ben Franklin walked out of the Constitutional Convention and was asked by a woman bystander what kind of government the people had been given. “A republic, madam, if you can keep it,” he is supposed to have said. That story is used to remind us how we … Continue reading Listen Again to Big Ben
Something Else to Worry About
Have you ever heard of the “Dark Enlightenment” movement? I hadn’t until I heard Van Jones mention it on CNN. There is a good article about it at https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/curtis-yarvin-trump. I’m no conspiracy theorist, but this shit is scary. The fundamental premise of this movement is that American democracy is a failed experiment and must be replaced … Continue reading Something Else to Worry About
A Proposed Phone Call to God
Hello, God? Hello? Oh, God, is that you? I don’t hear a voice. I only hear something like a dial tone. Oh, that must be you, God. That must be your sound. Good. So, I called you because, as you probably know, it’s your time of year. This is when we’re all supposed to remember … Continue reading A Proposed Phone Call to God
We were right 