Berl Falbaum

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Dec 4, 2024, 4:00 AM

Shakespeare & Biden’s Pardon of Jis Son

Shakespeare would have drooled over the subject: Parental love clashes with public policy. Consistency gives way to apparent hypocrisy. The heart wins over the head. Honor surrenders to the mercy of a grieving father. Unconditional love overwhelms commitment to...

Nov 18, 2024, 6:31 PM

A Satirical Look at Trump Appointments

President-elect Donald Trump has announced several nominations for cabinet positions that, well, can only be described as “unusual” even “weird” although the latter word has taken on some positive connotations. In the campaign, “weird” helped Trump. The weirder he became...

Nov 14, 2024, 5:29 AM

Trump and His Republicans Aren’t Republicans

This column, admittedly, should have been written 10 years ago when Donald Trump first appeared on our national political radar. Since then, the media have continually referred to those who endorsed Trump’s lies as Republicans. But they are not Republicans; they...

Nov 11, 2024, 12:15 AM

Trump’s Win Reveals Moral Bankruptcy

More post-election thoughts…debilitating, very debilitating thoughts… As I wrote after the election, Donald Trump’s victory revealed the nation’s moral bankruptcy. I said that the issue of “character” and all the word embodies, was never vetted in the campaign. The mainstream media...

Nov 6, 2024, 7:53 PM

Trump, convicted felon, elected president

Donald J. Trump, who will be sentenced November 26 on 34 felony counts, was elected again as president of the United States on Tuesday, November 5. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever write a sentence...

Nov 4, 2024, 7:16 AM

Hey, Israel Critics: How about Sudan?

Memo to: The United Nations, the mainstream media, pro-Palestinians campus protestors and their anti-Israel professors, all the “talking heads” on TV who condemn Israel and Israel critics generally. I am taking you at your word that you have targeted Israel...

Oct 23, 2024, 10:21 PM

Donald J. Trump’s Resume

Resume (Abridged) Donald J. Trump Mar-a-Lago Club 1100 S. Ocean Blvd. Palm Beach, Florida Phone (redacted) Email (redacted) Objective: To again become the leader of the world and get even with all those who have charged me with crimes and criticized me politically. Also, want to...

Oct 17, 2024, 6:59 PM

Israel and the Media’s Double Standard

As I have written often in the last year, the media coverage of the Hamas-Israeli war has been disgraceful and shameful. Starting just a few days after October 7, the entire emphasis has been on Israel’s response and, overall, Hamas...

Oct 13, 2024, 4:53 PM

Bob Woodward: Fact or Fiction?

Bob Woodward, Washington Post associate editor, journalistic hustler and huckster is back. This time with a book entitled War, in which he claims US President Joe Biden called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “f_____ liar” after IDF troops went into...

Oct 10, 2024, 6:13 AM

Trump Seen Through the Eyes of Major Republicans

As we approach the November 5 election, I thought it would be useful to provide a summary of what leading politicians think of Donald Trump. Oh, I mean Republican officials; there is not a Democrat in sight in the list...

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About Me

Former political reporter, Detroit News; have been writing political commentary for decades; taught journalism as an adjunct at Detroit's Wayne State University for 45 years; author of 12 books (two fiction).