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The annual State of the Union (SOTU) address has become little more than a formal political rally for the president of the United States. True to form, President Trump has reduced it to little more than a farce, featuring his now familiar shameful and shameless shtick, measure for measure. This is why I stopped watching… Read more.
And let’s pray it finally pops this unwieldly whitehead on the face of American democracy. A night that was supposed to bring clarity to the Democratic presidential contest turned into a long ordeal of confusion and delays on Monday, as the Iowa Democratic Party failed to report results from more than a handful of precincts… Read more.
The National Anthem I usually comment on this ritual just to pooh-pooh it. I invariably measure each performance against the rousing rendition Whitney Houston gave at Super Bowl XXV in 1991. No performer has ever measured up. Demi Lovato performed well. But I remain convinced that no performer ever will. Most commentators are hailing Lovato more for a comeback from… Read more.
No doubt you’ve heard Republicans whining about the impeachment of President Trump being unfair, even invalid, because Democrats passed it on a strictly party-line vote. Hell, you’ve probably even heard some Democrats bemoaning this fact. Granted, votes for the only other presidents formally impeached – namely Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton – were bipartisan. But… Read more.
He might be a congenital liar but at least Pete Nocchio (of the Geico TV commercial Pinocchio Sequel: Date) is … “real”. Happy swiping for Valentine’s Day. What impeachment trial? Related commentaries: social media… Likes… condolences… Read more.
Tracy McGrady has provided the most poignant reflection on Kobe Bryant’s death. He entered the NBA one year after Kobe and described them as “rookie” friends. Here is what McGrady said on ESPN’s The Jump on Monday: He used to say: ‘I want to die young. I want to be immortalized. I want to have… Read more.
And, like so much of his presidency, there’s no there there. Ever since day one, President Trump has been promising to deliver the “deal of the century” to solve all that has troubled the Middle East for a thousand years. His penchant for idle and reckless boasting was telling enough. But he betrayed all hope… Read more.
Given the national outpouring of grief, you’d think it was Mike who died. Kobe Bryant, the NBA MVP who had a 20-year career with the Lakers, was killed Sunday when the helicopter he was traveling in crashed and burst into flames in the hills above Calabasas. His daughter Gianna, 13, was also on board and… Read more.
I’ve been pooh-poohing the Grammys for years for being about as relevant to the music industry as Vinyls and CDs. Here, for example, is what I wrote five years ago in “The Grammys: a Friggin’ Snoozefest!” February 15, 2015: ____________________ Most performers apparently think the key to success is looking and behaving in a way off stage… Read more.
They begin their slapstick masquerading as a defense of the president today. Tune in at your own risk. Because, even though no political matter could be more serious than this impeachment trial, chances are you’re going to find yourself laughing … to avoid crying. Related commentaries: Darrow, Finch, Mason… Read more.
