While the death toll continues to rise, and the COVID-19 crisis is far from over, some encouraging data have brought attention to the question of… Read More »Blog No. 255. Reopening the Economy: The Uncertain Way Forward and Questions that Must Be Answered
On Sunday afternoon at the White House, reality made a crash landing into Trump’s parallel universe. This unexpected development came as something of a relief… Read More »Blog No. 254b. The Coronavirus and Trump’s Parallel Universe, Part Two: Trump’s “Good Job”
On Saturday, President Trump made the bizarre suggestion that he might quarantine New York, New Jersey, and parts of Connecticut. Such a suggestion was consistent… Read More »Blog No. 253. The Coronavirus and Adventures in Trump’s Parallel Universe
I suspect that I speak for many readers in saying that I have never experienced anything as deeply troubling or, frankly, as weird as living… Read More »Blog No. 252. The Coronavirus Pandemic: Some Personal Notes
With the media and public attention consumed by the Coronavirus, it is almost possible to forget that the campaign for a vitally important election in November… Read More »Blog No. 251. A Tale of Tuesdays: Bye, Bye Bernie and a Call to Never Trumpers
After a career in journalism, Libby Treadwell now writes fiction, poetry and an occasional magazine piece under a pen name, and is publisher of Shaggy… Read More »Guest Blog. Of the Chicago Cubs and Donald Trump, by Libby Treadwell
The agreement between the United States and the Taliban released on Saturday was so thin—and so modest in its recognition of American interests—that one has… Read More »Blog No. 250. Afghanistan: Not a Deal But a Fig Leaf
President Trump’s appalling assault on the integrity of the Justice Department has now been followed by an assault on the Intelligence Community. The latter assault… Read More »Blog No. 249. Donald Trump: Russophile in Chief
President Donald Trump and his Attorney General, William Barr, have generated a Perfect Storm for American democracy. Each would be dangerous on his own, but… Read More »Blog No. 248. Donald Trump and William Barr: A Perfect Storm
It has been little more than a month since the last Bulletin, but our President has been far from idle in generating New Lows. There… Read More »Trump New Lows Tracker. Bulletin No. 6 (Updates and Nos. 18-22)