Naming Slights
— August 9, 2017Maybe Donald Trump needs help with his cognitive ability. That might explain his need to assign derogatory labels before recalling someone’s name. Perhaps that’s why he…
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The stupid party
— August 2, 2017The ascension of Donald Trump was supposed to change everything in the GOP. As it happens, perhaps one very important thing hasn’t: The Republicans may well still be The Stupid…
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What is your July 21?
— August 2, 2017July 21. That’s when I decided to write this. July 21 isn’t a holiday and it doesn’t commemorate a notable event on the American calendar. But, for one family, July 21 may be…
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McConnell’s bluff on health care
— July 19, 2017Beware of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s lowballing. That’s good advice for the Democrats and others who are getting cocky about defeating a Republican replacement…
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General Assembly is disconnected about landlines
— July 19, 2017Let me see if I have this straight: A new law is necessary when legislators discover there is a problem affecting the citizens they serve. The legislative body then passes a law to…
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The McConnell nonrescue
— August 2, 2017It was the end of 2012. The country was courting fiscal and political disaster. The Obama-administration Democrats were at an impasse with the adamant GOP contingent on Capitol Hill….
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Why doesn’t Congress help reduce suffering?
— July 26, 2017No answers in this column, just a question — a big question. By way of preface let me say that I try to keep up on the news. And for quite a while now that has been health care, Republicans’…
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Trump’s Warsaw triumph
— July 19, 2017Imagine that President Donald Trump gave a speech praising a strong Europe. Imagine that he called forthrightly on Russia to stop its aggression in Ukraine and join the community of…
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