Trump New Lows Tracker. Bulletin No. 9 (Nos. 40-46)
This is likely to be the final edition of the Trump New Lows Tracker. If Trump is re-elected, I have neither stomach nor stamina to… Read More »Trump New Lows Tracker. Bulletin No. 9 (Nos. 40-46)
Tweeter-in-Chief
Blog No. 170. The Budget Act, the Trump Budget and the Road to Fiscal Ruin
Writing, and no doubt reading, about budgets is not as much fun as writing about the pronouncements of the Tweeter in Chief and various misadventures… Read More »Blog No. 170. The Budget Act, the Trump Budget and the Road to Fiscal Ruin
Blog No. 138 The Menace and Puzzle of North Korea
When President Trump met with President Obama after the election, Obama reportedly advised him that the most difficult challenge of his presidency would be dealing… Read More »Blog No. 138 The Menace and Puzzle of North Korea
Blog No. 130 Donald Trump and the “So-Called Republicans”
America awoke this morning to yet another Twitter Storm from the Tweeter in Chief. In this case, the subject was his claim that President Obama… Read More »Blog No. 130 Donald Trump and the “So-Called Republicans”
Blog No. 118. Tweeter-in-Chief: The Early Days
When I wrote that I had decided to withdraw from the Republican Party, I explained that I did not wish to remain a member of a party headed by Donald Trump. Nothing that has happened since then has led me to regret or reconsider that decision. Indeed, it has been reinforced by the apparent inclination of Congressional Republicans to fall blissfully in line with the incoming administration. This may change when specific legislation and spending proposals are on the table, but so far Republicans in both the House and Senate have been performing in remarkably ovine fashion.Read More »Blog No. 118. Tweeter-in-Chief: The Early Days
Blog No. 116. Standing With Paul Ryan and the Way Forward
On Monday, Speaker Paul Ryan told House members that he would not defend Donald Trump or campaign with him, and that members should act in their own best interests in their individual districts. Ryan did not withdraw his previous endorsement of Trump, but to many that seemed more a matter of form than substance. Ryan’s statements produced an angry reaction from hardliners in the House and, inevitably, a farrago of pre-dawn cyberbabble from the would be Tweeter-in-Chief:Read More »Blog No. 116. Standing With Paul Ryan and the Way Forward