by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jan 24, 2018 | Immigration, Opinion
Begin with the usual modern-media ablution: in denouncements of Donald Trump I yell “Amen!” as loudly as anyone. I believe it’s outrageous to call any country a “shithole.” My ancestors came from Germany (lookin’ at you Drumpf) and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 24, 2018 | Culture, Immigration, Politics
Going into the 2016 election, many of Trump’s fans touted him as a master negotiator, a successful businessman, and offered up similar accolades as to his talents and skills. Many of his detractors have since asked, not without merit, where that negotiating...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 21, 2018 | Culture, Opinion, Politics
or… He may be a POS, but he’s OUR POS Reports that Trump had an affair/fling/one-nighter with a porn star back in 2006, and that one of his lawyers paid her some hush money via some shell companies, have been largely greeted with a collective sigh and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 18, 2018 | Opinion, Politics
Political writer Salena Zito may have been the first to summarize the idea that Trump’s supporters take him seriously but not literally in explaining how Trump could survive uttering a seemingly endless stream of verbal gaffes and outright falsehoods in the run...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jan 14, 2018 | Culture, Opinion
The shitstorm over Trump’s shit hole remark is remarkable because of its predictability. No, I don’t speak of the vulgarian-in-chief’s routinely intemperate ways. I refer to the reactions and counter-reactions, which have become as predictable as the...
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