During an interview with the Huffington Post’s Howard Fineman published May 26, Paul Manafort, chairman of the Donald trump presidential campaign, said, “‘The vice presidential pick will also be part of the process of proving he’s ready for the White House,’ Manafort said. ‘He needs an experienced person to do the part of the job he doesn’t want to do. He seems…
Bathroom Laws or Something Else?
Did I miss something? Has there been a rash of women who look like men trying to use men’s restrooms so that these women (who look like men — with beards and/or mustaches perhaps) could leer at masculine equipage at the urinals? Or has there been a rash of men who look like women, dressed in women’s clothing, in full…
Trump and Cruz Twitter Feud
I had a dream in which Donald Trump and Ted Cruz were having a Twitter feud about each other’s wives. In this feud Ted Cruz called Donald Trump a “sniveling coward.” And then I realized I had not dreamt this. It actually happened. Both men are demonstrating what to expect more of if either one of them becomes president of…
Reaction of Sen. Ted Cruz to Brussels Terror Attacks
In the wake of terrorist attacks on March 21, 2016, United States presidential candidate and Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday, March 22, proposed, “We need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized.” Cruz, who famously said after the Paris attack in November 2015 that if he were President he would “carpet-bomb ISIS into oblivion,” apparently…
Did Sen. Bernie Sanders Pull Off Some Kind of Major Achievement?
Did Sen. Bernie Sanders pull off some kind of major coup or achievement by narrowly defeating Hillary Clinton in the Michigan primary on March 8? According to the facts, he defeated Clinton by 1.7% in Michigan, a tiny margin. And when the results of both the Michigan and Mississippi primaries are combined, Hillary Clinton gained considerably more delegates than Sen.…
Marriage in Kentucky
Separate and different is not equal. It is amazing that the heterosexual legislators of Kentucky are spending so much time and effort to discriminate against, marginalize and hate people who have not ever hated, marginalized or discriminated against them. According to reporting shared by Human Rights Campaign, members of the Kentucky legislature have been twisting themselves up like pretzels to…
Jeffrey Toobin on Justice Scalia
Journalist Jeffrey Toobin has written a very thoughtful look back at the life of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in The New Yorker.
The Next Supreme Court Justice Will Be….?
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral mass was held on February 20, 2016. About an hour after the confirmation of the death of Justice Scalia on February 13, 2016, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said that the Senate should not confirm any of President Barack Obama’s nominees, suggesting, “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme…
Republican Reaction to Feb. 5, 2016 Monthly Jobs Report
On Jan. 8, 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its monthly employment report for December 2009. On that date, Republican RNC Chairman Michael Steele had this to say when the unemployment rate was at 10%: “‘More than 2.8 million Americans have lost their jobs since the stimulus passed, and the national unemployment rate remains at 10 percent. The American economy…
Is Ted Cruz a Moron?
Given: Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has proposed eliminating several federal departments (Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Education, the Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce and the Department of Housing and Urban Development). At the same time, he has proposed simplifying the tax code so that everyone pays a 10% tax on income. Therefore: Since he proposes eliminating the…