You may already have seen this experiment in which parts of the Trump/Clinton debates were restaged—complete with gestures and expressions matching the originals—with an actress playing Trump and an actor playing Clinton. The idea behind it was this: Maria Guadalupe, … Continue reading →
I sometimes am surprised at how impatient a fair number of people on the right can be. I know, I know. We’ve been disappointed a thousand times. I know. Nor do I (as I’ve often said) think politicians are all … Continue reading →
Or are they? [NOTE: The title of this post is a riff on this movie.]
Continue reading →Actress Cate Blanchett wants us to know something about her: When talking about her upcoming Broadway debut with “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert, Blanchett discussed how the play is relevant for audiences today. “It’s all about as you move forward … Continue reading →
In the most recent Scientific American, there’s an article on theories related to cosmic inflation: On March 21, 2013, the European Space Agency held an international press conference to announce new results from a satellite called Planck. The spacecraft had … Continue reading →
Commenter “Frog” asks: …I do not understand. If the Obamacare bill was passed in the Senate via reconciliation…, why cannot it be rescinded in the Senate via reconciliation? Is this more Alice In Wonderland? The question is a reasonable one, … Continue reading →
…you might not want to read this. Food for much thought.
Continue reading →Donald Trump is the only president I’m aware of who was the subject of a great deal of impeachment talk even before he took office. And I’ve noticed that nearly everything he’s done since then has been met with a … Continue reading →
If you go here, you can read a whole bunch of analyses of and reactions to the newly-unveiled “repeal and replace” health care bill proposed by the GOP. Predictably, nobody likes it. Before I get into a few of the … Continue reading →
Here’s the text of the new order. Note the title, “Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States.” And note passages such as this one: Executive Order 13769 [Trump’s previous EO on the subjet] did … Continue reading →
This Boston Herald article points out that the FISA-spying accusation Trump has leveled at Obama fits in quite nicely with a pattern the Obama administration had demonstrated (although I want to emphasize that that doesn’t mean the accusations are true): … Continue reading →