Why does Donald Trump refuse to wear a coronavirus mask? Because he realizes that, in a mask, we’d all recognize him as the robber who has been moving furtively behind the scenes of the pandemic...
Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the disease is presently raging anew because corporate-serving public officials rushed to “open the economy,” causing more infections and deaths. So, gosh, what to do now? Of course, let’s...
Once again, my state of Texas is saddled with a Republican gubernatorial goober. Greg Abbott is this guy’s name, and he’s another incompetent, right-wing ideologue whose botched handling of our state’s COVID-19 crisis makes Donald...
It’s been pointed out that Donnie Trump has unusually small hands… but who cares? What’s truly alarming are his unusually small policy ideas. Draining the swamp, for example. He bragged that he’d be stronger than...
While our present President’s moral character seems stuck somewhere between boorish and brutish, it’s only fair to note that he also has an aesthetic dimension. This surprising side of Trump popped out several days after...
The rich are different from you and me. For one thing, they’re rich. Among the super-rich, though, there tends to be a peculiar sense that their net worth is a testament to their true worthiness....
Many Americans can’t believe that political coups are part of our country’s history – but consider from the Wall Street Putsch of 1933. Never heard of it?...
Everyone should wear a protective medical mask – but some ought to be in ski masks, like those favored by bank robbers and muggers. Zach Fuentes for example, a former deputy chief of staff for...
The chief cultural emblem of our times is this: Wearing a mask. Or not. These low-tech, high-impact, low-cost coverings are so simple and effective at helping reduce the COVID-19 infection rate that our top political...
These mass protests against systemic racism are driving Donald Trump plumb crazy! Of course, that’s a pretty short drive for him. He would be hilarious if his buffoonery was not so dangerous and destructive. For...