My last opinion piece, “Make America Great Again? No, let’s make her ever more perfect,” in which I call former president Donald J. Trump a liar, elicited a greater Facebook response than…
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Make America Great Again? No, let’s make her ever more perfect
Most people I know will not long tolerate a liar, yet there are millions today who rally to protect and defend the greatest and most brazen liar of our time. It’s not…
Sorry Donald, JD, now is not the time for media to back off
I am a proud never-Trumper who’s spent the past decade shouting warning that our 45th president was and is a menace, a clear and present danger to our nation and her constitution,…
Harris shows Trump for what he is
That there could be people who, having purportedly watched the same ABC presidential debate broadcast last night as I did, still abide the delusion that Donald John Trump is or ever was…
Forsaking freedoms for snake oil
The right-wing rhetoric has ramped up since Kamala Harris took the baton from Joe Biden to make the final sprint to the finish line, not just the champion of Democrats but of…
Why is the left so against MAGA?
“Why is the left so against MAGA? It literally means ‘make America great again,’” a reader wrote recently. “What American doesn’t want that?” A fair question deserving a full and reasoned answer….
Trump remains Trump, as delusional as ever
I go on record to thank Joe Biden for his service to our nation and for all he accomplished in spite of being saddled with such a graceless and vituperative predecessor as…
Assertion and rebuttal over obsession with Trump
Eric Lindenbusch Bonners Ferry Mike, I think I’m beginning to understand another reason why Donald Trump has been so successful in the real estate business. You and others have allowed him to…
The demise of the GOP; brought down by Chicken Little
This piece was published before I learned of today’s assassination attempt. I am thankful Donald Trump is safe and okay in the wake of the shooting incident in Butler, Pennsylvania, and hope…
Independence Day: May it not be our last
“Today, there is no lower court in the United States of America than its highest court,” I wrote Monday after the abhorrent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on presidential immunity from…
Is we is or is we ain’t?
Former president and now proclaimed 2024 presidential candidate Donald J. Trump continues to proclaim his strong advocacy for the rule of law, a stance long a cornerstone of the GOP ethos. But…
Unnecessarily difficult times lie ahead
Thanks to my opinion pieces of late, I have been identified by local “true conservatives,” many of whom were friends before 2016, as a born again left wing socialist liberal commie pedophile….
We the people are owed the truth
Photo copywrite Getty Images “Whatever your politics, whatever you think about the outcome of the election, we as Americans must all agree on this. Donald Trump’s conduct on January 6 was a…
Donald Trump: A clear, present and growing danger
“Almost two years after that fateful day … Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to American democracy.” Judge J. Michael Luttig, June 16, 2022, referring…
I say this to my Republican colleagues … your dishonor will remain
Everyone, not just never Trumpers, Democrats, liberals and RINOs, should be watching and paying close attention to the House Select Committee’s public hearings on its January 6 investigation findings. It’s an unprecedented…
The awful price of lies
If the statistics of late hold, by this time next week, the United States will have lost one-million people to COVID-19, a number far disproportionate to the rest of the world, where…
Big lies threaten last best hope of Earth
Two lies writ large in the Trump era are causing horrific damage to the democratic process established by the U.S. Constitution, and those lies, perhaps the most egregious ever put forth and…