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Feb 6, 2025, 9:54 PM
Gaza as an Investment Opportunity
Throughout my life, I have been pretty conservative in investments, thus I have missed out on many “should have” opportunities that ultimately led to huge financial successes. So, when President Trump proposed to move two million Palestinians out of Gaza...
Feb 5, 2025, 11:12 PM
The Misperception of the Perception of Joe Biden
If anyone has been the victim of the expression “perception is reality” it is Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. While independent analysts, historians and scholars, generally give Biden high marks for his performance as president, he left office with a disapproval...
Jan 19, 2025, 6:55 PM
The Dark Side of Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter, who was laid to rest last week, has generally been described as the best former president in US history. That is half right. Yes, he deserves credit for his outstanding work and commitment to humanitarian causes. He dedicated...
Jan 8, 2025, 10:58 PM
Resignation Over Editorial Cartoon is Chutzpah
While the First Amendment offers constitutional protection for freedom of the press, it does not do so for chutzpah (the Jewish word for audacity, impudence or shamelessness). Someone should tell that to Ann Telnaes, the editorial cartoonist at The Washington...
Jan 6, 2025, 4:48 AM
“The Message” by Coates is a Message of Hate
He is brutal and hateful. I am referring to Ta-Nehisi Coates, the nationally-recognized black intellectual who has made a reputation as a leading writer on race, delivering such a one-sided screed on Israel’s alleged mistreatment of Palestinians that I checked...
Dec 18, 2024, 10:36 PM
ABC News Gives Trump Big Legal Win
If, or when Donald Trump builds his presidential library, he ought to include a section in which he thanks ABC News for helping pay for its construction and for setting a precedent that helps him undermine the liberties of...
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...
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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).
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