I want to use this space today to tell you a story. It is the story of Jeffrey Edward Epstein, the American financier and serial sexual abuser of children, and Donald J. Trump, his best friend from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Before proceeding with the story, though, it…
Trump, America’s Racist in Chief
It’s hard to believe that very many Americans would even consider electing a card-carrying member of the Ku Klux Klan to be our president. So why did we elect Donald Trump? And why do we keep him? Trump was never a member of the Klan, at least not that we…
We Must, and We Can, Expel Trump
I have been asked by more than one person to write about something other than Donald Trump, but I can’t. I face the dilemma that everyone faces who writes a current-events newsletter, large or small: No matter how much we write, there is always something left unsaid, much ground left…
Donald Trump’s Hatred
Quoth Donald J. Trump: “They (Democrats in Congress) wouldn’t vote for it (his “Big Beautiful Bill”) only because they hate Trump, but I hate them, too, you know that? I really do. I hate them. I cannot stand them, because I really believe they hate our country, if you want…
It’s Up to Us Now
If there was any doubt left, the MAGA-ruled Congress proved yesterday that Donald Trump owns it by approving his sweeping “big beautiful bill” that slashes taxes for the rich and pays for it by increasing taxes on the middle class and, especially, the poor. It’s a bill that poll after…
Donald Trump and The Seven Deadly Sins
Donald Trump has long claimed to be a Christian. He “proved it” once by showing off an old, worn Bible that he said was his family Bible, and he talked about how as a child it had meant so much to him (presumably including “2 Corinthians”). Another time he demonstrated…
Who’s Ready for Some Good News?
Although it sometimes seems our world is falling apart at the seams, there is a lot going on that is good. Once in a while, I like to point out a few of those things, compliments of Blue Crab Collective, which is a collection of activists, artists and writers who…
Trump’s Attacks on the Courts Follow the Dictators’ Playbook
Although Congress and the press have failed to do their jobs and stop Trump’s march to dictatorship, and the Supreme Court appears to be shaky, the lower courts have been doing a magnificent job. Statistics show that Trump and his administration suffered a 96 percent loss rate in federal courts…
The Blue Wave Begins
This is suddenly beginning to get fun. The House just passed a suicidal, democracy-eroding and billionaire-enriching reconciliation bill – by a single vote, 215-214 — that gives Democrats a golden opportunity to sweep MAGA Republicans out of Congress in 2026, and out of the White House soon after that. If…
Trump Approaches Kingship
The Declaration of Independence lists 27 specific grievances against King George III. A similar list of grievances against Donald Trump would dwarf that number, and Trump has only been in office a hundred days. And Trump keeps on adding grievances every day by defying the law and the Constitution, openly…