Two Gents' Worth
November 22, 2024
So it has actually happened – the biggest name on the right-wing Fox News Channel is gone. Fox’s decision today to kick Bill O’Reilly off the network may be shocking to those who believe that Fox News really is “fair and balanced” and that O’Reilly is as close to a God-like figure as you can find –…
Read More about Bye, Bye, O’Reilly!These past few days, I’ve been wondering why so many people and institutions have seemingly lost their senses — why they’ve lost their ability to reason, and to avoid saying or doing stupid things. Example: United Airlines. Why in the world would any United employee on board that jet think it was a good idea…
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If I were Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa — and I’m not, I tell you, I’m not! — I’d be mighty upset at our own upstart Valley Congressman, Devin Nunes. For years now, King has worked hard — hard, I tell you, hard! — at becoming known as the Worst Congressman in America. He…
Read More about America’s Worst Congressman?President Trump signed the Keystone Pipeline authorization on Friday (3/24/17), just like he promised he would. Another in a string of campaign promises made good—at least the ones he has direct control over. But, later in the day his almost friends in Congress showed how utterly inept they are. Speaker Paul Ryan and his subalterns…
Read More about Keystone KopsThere’s no other way to put it: Donald Trump and the GOP suffered a disastrous loss Friday when their horribly thought-out healthcare plan dropped dead. Remember, Trump campaigned for president on a platform of fear and loathing: fear of immigrants and loathing of Obamacare. And recall that Republican congressional candidates have campaigned for years on…
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You may have heard about a children’s book titled “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.” Maybe you even read it to your kids. Guess what? President Trump had one of those terrible, horrible days on Monday – and now the very future of his presidency may hang in the balance. Because…
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My wife and I just spent a few days at Walt’s World in Anaheim. And as always, Disneyland did not disappoint us, in spite of our long waits in lines that seemingly stretched forever. Over more than 40 years of marriage, we’ve trekked to Disneyland perhaps two-dozen times. But this was our first visit since…
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Under ordinary circumstances, President Trump’s choice for the U.S. Supreme Court seat formerly held by Antonin Scalia would have no trouble receiving Senate confirmation. But, of course, we are not anywhere close to “ordinary” circumstances politically. So while Neil Gorsuch likely will be confirmed, it’s not going to be easy, and it certainly will not…
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It’s not too early in President Trump’s administration to be able to say with some degree of confidence that the man is literally driving a good part of the nation crazy. You can see it almost anywhere you look. On television, reporters for ABC, NBC, CBS and MSNBC seem stunned — completely and utterly stunned…
Read More about Trump: Driving Us Nuts?President Trump’s inaugural address sounded, unfortunately, like one of his campaign speeches. It was workmanlike. It was competent. But it did not contain any soaring rhetoric — any vision — for the nation. Mr. Trump did not promise to try to unite our deeply divided country and did not acknowledge that there are political wounds…
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