Not long ago, a friend on Facebook posted a false comment. I responded with a Snopes link that refuted the statement. The friend shot back, “I don’t fact-check other people’s comments if I agree with them.” O-k-a-y. Good to know, I thought. That was a MAGA sentiment if ever I�

Last week, my blog was about finding our better angels in the worst of times, a term Abraham Lincoln coined in his first inaugural address.   I am familiar with my darker ones, anger, impatience, and vanity among them.  Less aggressive are the purer spirits. Sometimes, when I’ve

“Not my problem,” said Homeland Security Secretary Christie Noam about Andry Hernandez Romero. He’s the gay hairdresser from Venezuela she sent to a prison in El Salvador without due process, and the same woman who shot her dog because the pup was difficult to train. Nope. We’

After solving my computer problem over the telephone, my hardware guru and I paused for a chat. Not a fan of Donald Trump, he said he couldn’t wait until the 2026 election. Though I shared his impatience, I admitted I wasn’t sure there would be another election. His reply shot acr

“Are we there yet?” A child too long confined to a car will often ask this question.  Who would have guessed that as Donald Trump bends the rule of law, drawing the country near to a Constitutional crisis, we can hear a similar query on the lips of people in the streets?  “Are

Marjorie Taylor Greene (MTG), a U. S. Republican House member from Georgia is a believer.  She believes in Donald Trump. She believes in MAGA’s anger. She believes in Q-Anon conspiracy theories, one of which holds that Donald Trump is secretly fighting an international cabal of

When Senator Cory Booker announced he would filibuster to protest Donald Trump’s policies,  a woman on  Facebook wondered if his actions would have an impact. She was trawling for opinions, not data, as the filibuster had yet to occur. At best, any reply would have to be grounded

What follows below is a test.  Read the italicized statements and identify the speaker.  Is it Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamie Dimon, or Steve Bannon? *You have to break the mindset that stock buybacks are fine, that crony capitalism is fine, and that tax breaks for

Many are wondering why Kamala Harris, who ran a flawless campaign for President in 2024 and had a billion dollars in her war chest, was unable to defeat a 78-year-old scandal-ridden felon. A reason might be that though the economy was booming, 36.8 million people, roughly 11 percent o

When Donald Trump says he wants to make America great again, he isn’t talking about reverting to isolationism. He’s said  America shouldn’t stand alone.  What he envisions is a global strategy that divides the world into three spheres of influence the way the U. S., Britain, a