Back on June 1 President Trump gave a speech (official transcript here) announcing that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, claiming that the agreement “disadvantages the United States to the exclusive benefit of other countries.” Of … Continue reading
An interesting report broadcast June 29 on PBS NewsHour explained what some economists call the “Elephant Chart” because it looks a lot like the profile of an elephant facing to the right. To read the chart, imagine every adult in … Continue reading
Axios reports believable if depressing results from an on-line poll of nearly 5000 people by Survey Monkey conducted June 30 – July 3. In brief, Republicans by 89 to 9 percent trust President Trump more than the news network CNN, … Continue reading
Brian Keith Dalton, a former Republican (and former Mormon who coined the term Formon), here offers up a complaint about people’s willingness to vote for real jerks. He’s reasonably restrained in his manner except for what some might consider colorful … Continue reading
Two years ago today Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, died of brain cancer. A little over a year later I lost my youngest brother, also to brain cancer. Last year President Obama named Joe Biden to head … Continue reading
During the campaign Donald Trump repeatedly promised to attack Washington’s corruption, specifically the cycling of people between government and lobbying. It was a crowd-pleasing line and a welcome notion across the political spectrum, at least for people not taking advantage … Continue reading
Brief and amusing comparison of scandals under Trump and Obama, courtesy of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Link: https://youtu.be/DDIoiTyK7S0 by … Continue reading
There are a lot of major things going on in the world besides Donald Trump. A few examples with links to more information: Famine endangers 20 million people in Africa (Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan) and the Middle East (Syria and Yemen), … Continue reading
Here’s another John Green vlog post I like, one March 28 but still very timely, on the subject of health insurance in the U.S. and the dismal level of conversation about it. Link: https://youtu.be/09RvU9_m30Q Passion tends to far exceed information … Continue reading
Everybody, me included, lately seems to be finding fault with President Trump, so in fairness I thought I’d share this video clip courtesy of Late Night with Seth Meyers, in which Meyers and his former (and now slimmer) SNL colleague … Continue reading