The original blog recommended an essay by Suzanne Garment in American Purpose. Her essay introduced comments from others and, for technical reasons, it quickly disappeared… Read More »Update to Blog No. 301. Reflections on September 11 and the Years That Followed
It is not often that President Trump gets a favorable notice from RINOcracy.com, but when the opportunity arises, it should not be missed. And so… Read More »Blog No. 198 Criminal Justice Reform and a Remembrance of George H. W. Bush
The impeachment breezes that have been wafting through the air for months have recently grown a bit brisker. Tom Steyer, the billionaire hedge fund manager… Read More »Blog No. 162. Donald Trump and the “I” Word
One of the collateral effects of the focus on Donald Trump’s treatment of women has been to distract attention from several other problematic aspects of his candidacy, including the Trump Foundation. Shortly before the disclosure of the 2005 Trump video tape, we had asked a friend of long standing, Suzanne Garment, to write a guest blog on the subject of the Trump Foundation, a subject that we believe deserves renewed consideration. (The Clinton Foundation has raised serious issues, but rather different ones, which we hope to address in a separate blog).
Suzanne Garment is a tax lawyer who has specialized in foundation work in recent years. She is also the author of Scandal: The Culture of Mistrust in American Politics, and for several years wrote a weekly column, “Capitol Chronicle” in the Wall Street Journal.
Read More »Guest Blog. The Donald J. Trump Foundation: Why Should We Care?
It has been clear for some time that Lindsey Graham was not going to be the Republican nominee for President. Yet it had been our hope that enough lightning would strike to propel him at least onto the main stage of the Republican debates, where his presence was sorely needed. Graham’s inability to gain visible support was as baffling and depressing to us as Donald Trump’s successes. (In our previous blog we referred to Trump, as others had, as The Teflon Don. Our friend, Suzanne Garment writing for Reuters, has suggested that Teflon doesn’t begin to capture Trump’s magical quality, “Truth is Superman, but Donald Trump is pure Kryptonite.” )Read More »Special Bulletin. Lindsey Graham: Ave Atque Vale.