Watching the presidential debates is a bit like experiencing shock and awe. Despite fact checkers, Trump persists in his claim that  Hillary Clinton was the first to  cast doubts on Barrack Obama’s citizenship.  But why blame Trump for the lunacy in the world?  He didn’t inven

Mark Cuban, billionaire NBA team owner, came out strong for Donald Trump, calling him “probably the best thing to happen to politics in a long, long time.” (“A Billionaire Changes his Mind,” by Ira Boudway, Bloomberg Businessweek, Sept. 19-25, 2016, pg. 35.)   What attracted

I took up fencing as my sport in college.  Over time I learned to be quick, meaning my movements were subtle enough to fool my opponent.  While I performed well with fencers who were at or above my skill level, I fared miserably among those of few skills, those who imaged a sword wa

Sometimes I feel like a bat, viewing the world while hanging upside down.  Let’s begin with the small absurdities: that some universities are allowing African-American students to re-segregate, allowing them to choose all black housing so they can avoid, “insensitive remarks.”�

In October 1965, Lyndon Johnson, 36th President of the United States, held a press conference on the White House lawn to assure the public he was fully recovered from gall bladder surgery. I was glad to hear it, but watched, stupefied, as he lifted his shirt to show his scar to the me

If you believe Donald Trump intended to incite someone from the NRA to shoot Hillary Clinton in his off the cuff comment recently, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I’d like to sell you.  Whatever the man’s flaws, he isn’t stupid enough to publicly engage in a conspiracy to commit mu

What is it going to take to convince voters that a woman can lead this nation?  I’ve heard  complaints about Hillary Clinton’s character, unfounded suspicions that have survived the scrutiny of a hostile Congress for the last 40 years.  I doubt many voters could undergo such sc

Like many people, this election year has left me confused.  Strong man Donald Trump changes his mind the way the rest of us change our socks, but he has been consistent in his view that America is weak. (“The Strongman Trump Wanted,” Excerpted from The Washington Post, July 20, 2

After the flap over Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s unflattering remarks about Donald Trump, I thought we had laid to rest the illusion that people, including justices, are impartial.  Certainly, Sandra Day O’Conner wasn’t impartial in 2000 when she decried that Al

If there is a truth in this world, it is that media reports can seldom be taken at face value.  Note the recent article from Fox News. (Click)  It speaks of an FBI gag rule that prevented agents from revealing facts about Hillary Clinton’s emails.  The implication of a cover-up i