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Though I was sorely tempted, this blog entry will not be about the Mueller Report, at least not directly. Rather, I find it necessary to comment on all the people who are choosing to shiv our liberty and to destroy our country. Today, by defying two subpoenas from standing House committees, the Trump administration made…

In the 1944 movie Gaslight, Charles Boyer’s character George Anton tries to convince his wife, Paula Alquist, played by Ingrid Bergman, that she’s going crazy by, among other things, playing tricks on her including momentarily dimming the gas jet lights. He then tells her that she’s seeing things and then poisons her in an effort…

Long ago, the decision was made to divide the a year into 12 months of 28-31 days each, and to divide each day into 24 hours of 60 minutes each. These minutes are further divided into 60 seconds. But does this make sense? Everyone I know struggles to learn how to tell time, but it…

In what was the first public hearing of a Trump campaign operative in the new Congress, the House Oversight Committee revealed how damaged our political process is. We were treated to a full day of inquisition by a completely cynical Republican caucus. With only one exception, Justin Amash (R-MI), the Republican committee members spent their…

Donald Trump has never been a responsible person. In his earlier life he was perpetually bailed out by father, family, and business associates. He got almost $700M from his father alone, which included rescuing him from numerous bankruptcies, which were caused by his poor business decisions and profligacy (how can you bankrupt a casino!?). Eventually,…

In a stunningly troubling admission today, the Trump administration acknowledged that it may be impossible to reunite thousands of children who were separated from their parents as part of their horrifically malevolent family separation policy. The number of children at risk is not even known (though the number is at least 2,737) because of inadequate…

Article III of the US Constitution defines treason as follows. “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.…

On January 27, 1945, the Russian army liberated the set of 44 camps collectively known as Auschwitz. It was there that they discovered dead, dying, and weak prisoners who had spent time in the Third Reich’s most deadly factory of extermination. It was in that camp that 1.1 million Jews, 147,000 Poles, 23,000 Roma, and…

In the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump behaved in a completely oafish manner to almost all the women he encountered, from Megyn Kelly, to Carly Fiorina, to Heidi Cruz, to Elizabeth Warren, to Hillary Clinton. And that’s aside from the Access Hollywood tape and the 20+ women who came forward alleging very significant sexual misconduct in…

It’s not new, but in the past week, we’ve seen astonishing evidence of just how callous the Trump administration and advisors are. It started last Monday, when Kevin Hassett (White House economic advisor) stated that furloughed workers were “better off” because they were getting a vacation without having to use their vacation time. Yesterday, Lara…