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The failing @nytimes wrote a Fake piece today implying that because White House Councel Don McGahn was giving hours of testimony to the Special Councel, he must be a John Dean type “RAT.” But I allowed him and all others to testify – I didn’t have to. I have nothing to hide…… — Donald J.… Read more.
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William H. McRaven, a retired Navy admiral, was commander of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command from 2011 to 2014. He oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Dear Mr. President: Former CIA director John Brennan, whose security clearance you revoked on Wednesday, is one of the… Read more.
Billy Graham was hailed as the pastor to presidents of the United States. In a similar vein, Aretha Franklin could be hailed as the singer for presidents, singing as she did at the inauguration of more presidents (namely Carter, Clinton, and Obama) than any other performer in US history. Not to mention the respect the… Read more.
Nearly 350 news organizations are set to publish editorials on Thursday pushing back against Donald Trump’s attacks on the media and defending freedom of the press. The publications are participating in a push organized by the Boston Globe to run coordinated editorials denouncing what the paper called a ‘dirty war against the free press’. (The… Read more.
Lately I am finding that I’ve already written all I care to on many topics. Chief among them is the cardinal crime of child sexual abuse (as well as the brazen hypocrisy of homosexual indulgences) in the Catholic Church. I cite in this regard such commentaries as “Pope Accused of Harboring Pedophile Priest,” March 16,… Read more.
I have been shunning the Academy Awards telecast for years. Here in part is why: I’m on record stating how much I dislike the annual Academy Awards show (the Oscars). Because I have little regard for preening, pampered poseurs showing off their borrowed frocks and bling-bling as a prelude to a [nearly four-hour] show —… Read more.
Corruption, incompetence, lawlessness, and the spectre of racial retribution are driving South Africa into the same dysfunctional shithole where Zimbabwe has been festering for the past 30 years. I have lamented this fateful symmetry in many commentaries, most notably in “South Africa ‘Betraying Its Values’,” May 13, 2011, “Zuma Doing to South Africa What Mugabe… Read more.
Which makes one wonder why so many are so eager to join Washington’s do-nothing Congress. But I trust you will appreciate why these cartoons inspired me to write this derivative take on T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land: The Burial of the Dead”: AUGUST is the slowest month, leaving Cities like concrete deserts, granting Vacation and… Read more.
Reports are that the Trump administration plans to cut post-9/11 screening at airports across the country: The Transportation Security Administration is considering eliminating passenger screening at more than 150 small and medium-sized airports across the US. … The internal documents from June and July suggest the move could save $115 million annually, money that could… Read more.
