Two Gents' Worth
November 22, 2024
Donald Trump
Is President Trump a pig? That’s what conservative commentator Bill Kristol thinks. Was one of the president’s moronic tweets beneath the office of president, and did it represent what’s wrong with America? That’s what conservative Republican senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina thinks. Is what Trump tweeted “not normal” and beneath the dignity of the…
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My old friend Bob Farrar and his colleagues on the Fresno Housing and Community Development Commission helped me relearn an important lesson. There’s a big difference between holding our government accountable and holding our government in contempt. The former – good. The latter – bad. (Editor’s Note: This piece first appeared on CVObserver.com. View the…
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Fresno
Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer are here again – and, yes, I stole those words from the great Nat King Cole – but who better to steal from – than from the man who immortalized them back in the ’60s? Some folks don’t like summertime in Fresno. They say it’s too hot. But…
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Fresno’s Chinatown needs help. City Hall, though, is focusing its development efforts elsewhere. The cold shoulder isn’t just my imagination. “Sadly, Chinatown does not get the same attention that Downtown does, not only from our city but from our investment community, as well,” Council Member Oliver Baines told me last week. Baines’ District 3 includes…
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Donald Trump
So here’s what we know after fired FBI director James Comey testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee today. We know that President Trump will still be President Trump – perhaps for a long time — because Comey had no smoking gun showing that Trump colluded with the Russians during last year’s presidential campaign….
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The public shaming of Representative Devin Nunes of California’s 22nd Congressional District some weeks ago might have been subterfuge, and well-played at that. It was never entirely clear why Mr. Nunes acceded so meekly to the shrill and obsequious hounding by the likes of Maxine Waters, Charles Schumer, and Adam Schiff to step away from…
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