Blog No. 186 referred to, and provided a link for, a column by Ross Douthat, “Trump and Russia: One Mystery, Three Theories” For unknown reasons,… Read More »Blog No. 186. Helsinki: The Donald Meets Vlad the Impaler A CORRECTED LINK
The original Vlad the Impaler was a brutal 15th-century Romanian tyrant whose sobriquet derived from his practice of executing his enemies by impalement. (He was… Read More »Blog No. 186. Helsinki: The Donald Meets Vlad the Impaler
One of the most memorable lines in modern American history was spoken to Senator Joseph McCarthy by lawyer Joseph Welch during the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings.… Read More »Blog No. 185. Trump: Have You No Decency?
As we approach the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, it must be noted that the President of the United States is no longer… Read More »Blog No. 184. Donald Trump Has Stepped Down…As Leader of the Free World (and Neville Chamberlain Redux)
The problem of illegal border crossings, and in particular the challenges of dealing with children of illegal immigrants, are not unique to the Trump administration.… Read More »Blog No. 183. The Border Mess: Malice Met Incompetence, But What Now?
It is said that at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, the British military band played an old English ballad, “The World Turned Upside Down.”… Read More »Blog No. 182. Trump, Trudeau and Kim: The World Turned Upside Down
On June 2, the New York Times published two letters from President Trump’s counsel to Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The disclosure of the letters, which… Read More »Blog No. 181. Mueller and Trump: The Realities
There have been few, if any, occasions when Donald Trump, as a candidate or as president, has drawn favorable comment from RINOcracy.com. Nevertheless, the most… Read More »Blog No. 180 North Korea and Trump: What Now?
Donald Trump has repeatedly asserted that the FBI placed a “spy” in his campaign, and last week he went further, exclaiming in a tweet… Read More »Blog No. 179. Donald Trump and Baloneygate
I will be traveling for the next three weeks, so there will be a brief pause in RINOcracy.com. For anyone who feels a gap in… Read More »A Brief Pause and an Invitation