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Trump and Hitler’s Generals 27 Oct 2024 9:18 AM (5 months ago)

“What the German people regret, you soon find, is not that they made this war, but that they lost it. If only Hitler had listened to his generals during the Russian campaign . . .”
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Insurrection Ineligible 21 Dec 2023 7:31 AM (last year)

<> Under the United States’ federal form of government, elections are administered by the states. Why are state constitutions being left out of the picture? The Colorado Supreme Court has put state courts front and center for 2024, ruling Donald J. Trump ineligible for the ballot in Colorado, pending appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. January 6, 2021 As everyone not living under a rock… Read More

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New York Times: Copy Editors Needed 5 Dec 2022 6:10 AM (2 years ago)

On the demise, maybe, of the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, today’s New York Times has this. It was an inauspicious debut, to say the least. In February 1975, a little-known governor from Georgia named Jimmy Carter showed up in Des Moines, Iowa, to kick off an improbable campaign for president. His team rented a hotel ballroom and bought enough food for a crowd of 200 people.… Read More

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Former President Trump Cannot Be Impeached 9 Feb 2021 9:29 AM (4 years ago)

Sorry, but impeachment is for government officials. As a private citizen, Mr. Trump can be charged with and prosecuted for crimes and misdemeanors. But he cannot be impeached. A picture is worth a thousand words.

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Hospitals and maternity care in the eighties and nineties 28 Jan 2021 7:19 AM (4 years ago)

Call it a pandemic project. Back when, I wrote dozens of columns published in the Prince George’s Journal, and now I’m pulling them out of the closet. The P. G. Journal ceased to exist years ago, of course. Some of the columns have dated, but some still look timely, all things considered. This column was my first freelance piece in the Journal. My baby had spent two… Read More

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President Constitution Supreme Court Senate Gobbledygook 21 Sep 2020 8:05 AM (4 years ago)

President/Constitution/Supreme Court/Senate Gobbledygook, part I. Nothing in the U. S. Constitution says ‘a president’s fourth year doesn’t count.’ What the Constitution does say about the president’s term: “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected,… Read More

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The Way the Story Should Have Gone 10 Sep 2020 6:36 AM (4 years ago)

On February 7, according to this morning’s* Washington Post, President Donald Trump told reporter Bob Woodward that the corona virus was “deadly stuff,” describing it as very dangerous and more. What should have happened is easy to say, up to a point. Woodward should have hotfooted the news to the front page of the Post. It should have appeared on February 8* at latest. Congress… Read More

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Bernie Sanders Wins New Hampshire: Today’s headlines 12 Feb 2020 4:51 AM (5 years ago)

To be fair, media personnel may have expected Bernie Sanders to win the New Hampshire primary. (After all, ‘he’s from a neighboring state’.)   Still, that said–here is a quick rundown of today’s headlines about New Hampshire 2020. “BERNIE WINS NEW HAMPSHIRE”? “SANDERS WINS 2ND DEM CONTEST”? Well, no, mainly not. Some respectable news outlets conveyed the straight fact, “SANDERS WINS NEW HAMPSHIRE.” But prominently,… Read More

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That #WhistleblowerComplaint — “inter alia”? Seriously? 27 Sep 2019 11:27 AM (5 years ago)

Many thanks to the sources posting that #WhistleblowerComplaint online. Being able to read the full text is a boon. Media outlets (Wall Street Journal, MSNBC) have already published ‘Takeaway’ round-ups about the filing. Here is another one. 1. “inter alia”? Seriously? Is the author trying to sound like a lawyer? Trying to sound like a more serious lawyer than he is? He uses “among other… Read More

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This week: A ‘blue wave’ tomorrow? 5 Nov 2018 2:21 AM (6 years ago)

Still a question whether a ‘blue wave’ is coming on November 6. Making Democrats look good Arithmetic-of-the-field numbers make the Democrats look good. In races for open seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Republicans have far more seats to defend than the Democrats. Fundraising for Democrats has largely been off the charts. Polling for weeks between Labor Day and last week seemed largely… Read More

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