The Ridiculous Tariff Equation
Economics and math can be quite scary! I have a science and engineering background and even I can look at an equation and get overwhelmed. Here is the...
A Quick Followup on Tariffs
Several of the places we hit with “reciprocal” tariffs don’t have tariffs on US goods or even do not trade with the United States whatsoever. It was bizarre...
Hope, Despair, and Taxes
I had two recent conversations recently with friends who are not doing ok with the state of the country being what it is. I am not in a great place myself. I...
How to Dismantle a Democracy in Two Easy Steps
Our founders should not be venerated in the way they typically are, but they did an excellent job in structuring the US government so as to avoid...
America's Open Embrace of Racism
Occasionally while working on an update, I come across something so maddening, I’m stopped in my tracks. Jumping to the chase, the anti “DEI” purge by the...
King Trump - Part 2
That about summarizes the past week. Keep reading if you’d like more specifics. On Tuesday Donald Trump posted an AI-generated music video about his solution...
King Trump - Part 1
(There’s simply been too much breaking news to keep up with but I want to start getting stories out so I’m breaking this into chunks until I’m caught up.) On...
Mitt Romney on the Moral Cowardice of the Republican Party
Heard any news lately? I’m a bit behind on my latest update as I’m trying to pare down the SIXTY breaking stories I have bookmarked to include in the next...
The First Week
On this day in 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded less than two minutes after takeoff, killing all seven astronauts aboard. The technical cause was...
A Dictator for a Day
Convicted felon Donald Trump once addressed concerns that he wanted to be a dictator by saying he would only be a dictator for the first day of his second...
A Convicted Felon Walks Into the White House...
He’s the president. After an extreme number of successful delays, Donald Trump has been sentenced in the NY criminal case regarding the fraudulent accounting...
January 6th
Today in a joint Congressional session mandated by the Constitution, American leaders met to tally the electoral college votes. An archaic throwback to a...
Liz Dye on Trump's nominees
I owe you all an update and I have one in progress with my thoughts on the election, but I just came across this video and wanted to share it.Liz Dye is a...
This is Going to Get Worse Part 3
Minutes after I sent my last newsletter, Pam Bondi was announced as Attorney General nominee after Matt Gaetz withdrew due to attention on his sex...
This is Going to Get Worse Part 2
LAST MINUTE EDIT: Life has been hectic and there has been a lot of breaking news while I’ve been updating this. Most notably, Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from...
This is Going to Get Worse
We are one week post-election and have already seen a flood of news. With several cabinet positions announced with various degrees of evil and incompetence,...
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
The very first weekend of Donald Trump's presidency he followed through on one of his most racist pledges - banning Muslims from entering the United States....
Just Stop Talking About That
Shortly after voting Trump was asked how he voted on Florida’s abortion ban. He told the reporter, “just stop talking about that.” I cannot think of a...
German American Bund Rally Night Two at Madison Square Garden
I was all ready to publish and had a knockout (at least to me) title: “Pas de Guerre en la France!” And then Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally happened....
Dance Dance Insurrection
I’ve been involved in politics for over 30 years now. There have been numerous firsts with Donald Trump but this weekend brought us the strangest political...
