Sunday, February 23, 2020Three Nightmare Scenarios
As the presidential election looms large, several scenarios could play out as the results roll in. None would be good for democracy.Already we are see...
Friday, February 21, 2020Is Sanders the Next McGovern? Or Goldwater?
As Sen. Bernie Sanders surges in the Democratic presidential sweepstakes, many centrist Democrats are worried that the nomination of the avowed social...
Thursday, February 20, 2020Pretzel Logic & the Trump Economy
The economy is humming along nicely. Unemployment is down and the stock market is up. All indicators see no end in sight to this 11-year joy ride. So,...
Thursday, February 20, 2020Ban Assault Weapons: Join the Campaign
On February 16, 2018, Robert Schentrup lost his sister, Carmen, when she was murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL -- shot ...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020Want Mercury in Your Water?
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to roll back an Obama-era regulation that among its benefits protects kids from brain damage even ...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020Sinking into Autocracy
Some 1,100 former officials of the U.S. Justice Department have sent an open letter urging Attorney General William P. Barr to resign and warning that...
Monday, February 17, 2020Giving Up on Climate Change
A 74-year-old Canadian recently wrote in a Huffington Post article that he and his 64-year-old wife have decided that climate change is unstoppable, s...
Sunday, February 16, 2020The Measure of a Man
Who is the "manly man?" Donald Trump, the big mean spirited blowhard name caller, or the shorter (in stature) but potentially dangerous Democratic can...
Saturday, February 15, 2020The Bob & Jackie Show: Pittsburghese, Itchy Nose, Paul Newman & More Nonsense
Check out the latest edition of The Bob & Jackie Show, recorded on Valentine's Day, that explores the somewhat wacky version of the English language s...
Friday, February 14, 2020Aircraft to Protect America? Or a Vanity Wall?
Thwarted by Congress for the funds he demanded to build his vanity wall along the southern border, President Trump is ripping off some $7.2 billion fr...
Thursday, February 13, 2020Wielding a Would-be Iron Fist
Perhaps its a stretch to suggest that President Trump is wielding an iron fist, like dictators Vladimir Putin or Kim Jong-Un, but his retribution agai...
Monday, February 10, 2020Health System Income skyrockets, Medicaid Cuts Ahead
On the same day Kaiser Permanente reported it had nearly tripled its income in 2019, governors of both parties warned that a proposed Trump administra...