“The Art of the Deal?”or The fall of the Schlemiel?

Schlemiel is Yiddish for “chump” which rhymes with Trump which exactly what the President became when he signed the “Omnibus” spending bill today. He bragged that he was able to secure funding for the border wall but the bill prevents him from using any of the prototypes he […]

ABC News, Lies by Omission

ABC News, CNN and other “News” outlets reported today that President Trump hired “TV Personality” Larry Kudlow to replace former Goldman Sachs CEO Gary Cohn as White House National Economic Council Director. Cohn, a Democrat, who had wide support by many on the left and in the Media […]

The value of silence

I’m a political animal, and wear my allegiances on my sleeve. I’m usually pretty clear about how I feel, although I’ve been very hesitant to proffer an opinion on the teachers strike in West Virginia. I do believe that the teachers are underpaid. I do believe the Senate […]

Demand better. Much better.

We are experiencing a teachers strike in my adopted home of the state of West Virginia. West Virginia is near the bottom for both teachers salaries and for educational results. Comment is well deserved regarding a system that is basically unchanged for well over a century, especially while […]

ABC News Recycles

I’ve been noticing a pattern for months with Network News. As weekends typically don’t generate big headlines, they simply repeat the headlines of the week on their Saturday / Sunday evening broacasts. Take last night for example. The headline on ABC was, “White House in Turmoil.” Well the […]

A Man of Many Maggots

It has been said that our sense of smell is the most powerful sense we possess. It can bring back so many memories, both positive and negative. I have been vacillating about telling this tale, it is so incredulous that most people can’t believe that it’s true. I’m […]