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The Trade War
According to the Wall Street Journal, the trade war Donald Trump threatened to start with Canada today is the “dumbest trade war in history.” It isn’t, Trump backed down Monday on his threat to impose across the board tariffs on Mexico and Canada today. Maybe tariffs were never intended as more than a negotiating tactic, […]
Inauguration Day – Take A Deep Breath
Or maybe buckle your seatbelts. It is going to be a bumpy ride. Donald Trump is being sworn in today as the 47th President of the United States. He has promised to start his term with hundreds of executive orders that will reshape America and its relations with its neighbors. If he keeps his promises […]
Inauguration Day – Looking Back II
Donald Trump is being sworn in today as the 47th President of the United States of America. We’ve been here before. Here’s what I wrote four years ago today, a day when many of us thought we had seen the last of Donald Trump politically. While the post is about Joe Biden, there are some […]
Inauguration Day – Looking Back I
Donald Trump is being sworn in today as the 47th President of the United States of America. We’ve been here before. Here’s what I wrote eight years ago today. I think it still has value, even though we know Trump much better now than we did in 2017. There will be protests today, as Donald […]
Hey Donald!
Maybe you were joking, maybe you weren’t when you said Canada should become the 51st state. Apparently you thought Justin Trudeau would make a good governor. Maybe he took more than a month to respond because he was considering the offer. He knew Canadians didn’t want him as Prime Minister anymore, so all jobs offers […]
Rewriting History
Four years ago today there was an armed assault on the US Capitol as insurrectionists, spurred on by a failed political candidate, tried to overthrow the government. People died in the attack. In the aftermath, more than 1,500 people were criminally charged for their actions on that day, including the politician who incited the insurrection. […]
Images of Sunrise 2024
What would August be like if I didn’t share new photos of the sun rising over the Atlantic Ocean at Old Orchard Beach, Maine? This year I was up early enough to be on te beach for the sunrise each day, but most days were either overcast or foggy. Today’s photo essay is a sampling […]
In His Own Words
Did you watch Donald Trump’s speech to the Republican National Convention Thursday night? Neither did I. It isn’t that I didn’t want to hear what he has to say. I was curious as to the tone in the wake of last week’s assassination attempt. But I write speeches for a living. Listening to Donald Trump […]
The Choice
Joe Biden says he will not step down. He is remaining in the race for President of the USA, and will be the Democratic Party nominee. Americans now have two choices: Biden, who is showing his age (81), or Donald Trump, who could have a complete mental breakdown and no-one would notice, given how erratic […]
Three Years Later…
The true believers continue their crusade. It really does defy logic. I noticed on Twitter (the social media site that no-one calls X) that an author I used to respect was posting “data” showing how the 2020 US presidential election was stolen. In this case it was 17,000 dead people voting in Michigan. Maybe I […]
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