…has been roaring through lately, hasn’t it? Let’s see—Trump has been president for less than a week. But as promised, there have been a lot of executive orders, and more are contemplated very soon: President Trump plans to sign executive … Continue reading →
There’s been a ton of chatter and mockery about Kelly Conway’s use of the phrase “alternative facts” to describe Trump press secretary Sean Spicer’s initial statements about attendance at the Trump inauguration. Here’s a piece at The Hill by Jennifer … Continue reading →
It’s gotten so that I can hardly stand to look at the news. Now, the regular readers here know my opinion of Donald Trump. Let’s just say I’m no sycophant. I criticized him harshly before the nomination (a nomination I … Continue reading →
To me, Trump’s inaugural speech was congruent with his prior message, and mainly struck notes of populism and nationalism. What else would anyone expect? He hammered on the idea of government during his administration as listening to and being responsive … Continue reading →
Quite some time ago I noticed that people tend to describe themselves in different modes. If you ask people to give a brief summary of who they are, the first might use words of emotion and relationship: I am a … Continue reading →
[Scroll down for UPDATES.] Here we are. What a long strange trip it’s been. I’m cautiously optimistic. What about you? UPDATE noon: Done. I’m watching the show on TV. Trump has a red tie, Melania a blue coat (but more … Continue reading →
Interesting: Staffers for the Trump transition team have been meeting with career staff at the White House ahead of Friday’s presidential inauguration to outline their plans for shrinking the federal bureaucracy, The Hill has learned… Overall, the blueprint being used … Continue reading →
Until the other day I hadn’t read this Michael Moore prediction that Trump would win, made back in July of 2016 when it wasn’t exactly what most people were saying. I’d heard he’d made the prediction, but till now I … Continue reading →
The steady drip-drip-drip of the “Trump is so unpopular” message goes on. I’ve already dealt with the issue at length recently, so I’ll not go into it in depth again right now. However, I’ll add that—unlike Donald Trump—I don’t think … Continue reading →
During Obama’s 2008 campaign and for the entire near-decade that’s passed since them, the press has almost-uniformly adored him and been his willing handmaiden and booster. With Donald Trump, it’s a bit more complicated. And that’s putting it mildly. At … Continue reading →
Yesterday I was talking to a friend of mine who’s a political moderate and who wondered whether I was starting to feel sympathy for Trump. “No, not at all!” I protested. “I’ve never felt any sympathy for him, and he … Continue reading →
I’m not going to write much more about the Trump “dossier” story today, because I think it’s been beaten to death by now. I’ll simply add that it’s served its purpose. I would wager that most of the people I … Continue reading →