My impulse is to stop writing the column here. That’s it. Nothing more to say. Life is totally fine and civilized and I’m here in the middle of it, growing old but giving no thought whatsoever to the darkness that lurks at humanity’s margins. Sure, the news covers that stuff, but what do I care? Things are fine where I live.
Browsing: Opinions
Now President Trump is scheduled to meet with Vladimir Putin in Budapest, following a meeting of Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington. After a phone conversation with Putin, Trump is back to believing that Putin “wants to end the war.” That might quash the Tomahawk deal, but will it resurrect the cease-fire idea?
Trump’s ceasefire theater in Gaza is not unique in its grotesque self-service, though it is exceptionally dangerous. Accuracy and accountability matter. We have seen premature “mission accomplished” declarations and exaggerated optimism too many times before.
The term Unprecedented is used repeatedly regarding the behaviors of Donald Trump but the fact of the matter is he’s Unpresidential.
If history teaches us anything, it’s that no empire dies naturally — it collapses under the weight of its own arrogance. Heed history’s epitaph: Rome crowned Caesar and lost its Republic. Germany followed Hitler into the grave. Italy worshiped Mussolini’s vanity and drowned in shame. Japan bowed to a “divine ruler” and awoke to devastation.
America’s lying President loves to blame “Antifa” for everything he doesn’t like and every protest, march, or gathering that he wants to disparage!
Hypocrisy in Holy Robes
I can only begin here, at the emotional knifepoint of the ongoing ICE news. ICE in Chicago!
Hamas has accepted Donald Trump’s plan for ending the Gaza war. Under the plan, Hamas, in exchange for the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1,700 Gazans in prison, will release all remaining hostages and the remains of others; will disarm; and will accept an Israeli security presence in Gaza that eventually will be internationalized.
You don’t have to be radical leftist to be concerned about the way Donald Trump and his MAGAs are threatening the well-being of ordinary Americans—and government of the people, by the people, and for the people.