A Tale of Two Tribes

Hot on the heels of the Ted Cruz drama at the Republican National Convention come revelations that the Democratic National Committee engaged in shenanigans intended to undermine Bernie Sanders’ bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. The DNC...
Clinton, Kaine and Caine

Clinton, Kaine and Caine

Hillary Clinton’s announcement of Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate caused one of those silly bits of random association that bubbles up from the depths of my brain from time to time. I flashed back to Kwai Chang Caine, the character of the 1970s...
Clinton The Bulletproof

Clinton The Bulletproof

By now, the news that Hillary Clinton got a pass on her email server wrongdoings has filtered into the forebrain of everyone who pays any attention to the news. The reaction from the Right has been predictable and generally justified, with a widespread lament that FBI...

Clinton, Trump and Lemonade

A neighbor of mine, a Trump supporter who tends to be quieter than the blustery liberals I also call neighbors, has long been hoping that Clinton would not be indicted. His reasoning, which I have now seen echoed all over the news and blogosphere, was that Clinton is...