The last editorial I wrote for Occasional Planet was on the dangers of a potential post-Trump “unity government”. Consisting of centrists and ostensibly anti-Trump
Category: Trump
Shocked, shocked to hear that Trump is unfit
About that “shocking,” anonymous op-ed in the New York Times: What I find most amazing about all this talk about how the president is
Top Trump official publishes devastating op-ed in New York Times [anonymously]
The New York Times took the rare step, today, of publishing an anonymous Op-Ed essay. The author, an unnamed, senior White House official, delivers
In defense of FBI Agents Strzok and Page
Sometimes Democrats are bullied by Republicans into denouncing critical-thinking people who see through the morass of bureaucratic regulations and commit a minor transgression. I’m
Two very quick questions I’d like the press to ask Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Sarah Huckabee Sanders handled herself with such dignity and fine reasoning in the Red Hen incident, but three days later at her press conference,
De-naturalization: Trump’s latest weapon in the war on immigrants
The Trump administration is employing a new weapon in its war on immigrants: de-naturalization. Yes, that’s a real word. It’s exactly what it sounds
Hard to tell where the pendulum of normalcy will swing next
After Barack Obama was elected, it seemed that America had a new normalcy, one that some described as “post-racial.” For any who took that
The latest assault on ACA [Obamacare]: DOJ won’t defend it in court
In a dramatic break from a long-standing norm of defending federal laws, Attorney General Jeff Session has announced that the Department of Justice will
The hostage crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border
The Trump administration is holding children hostage. They can call it “family separation.” They can say that it’s meant as a “deterrent” to illegal
North Korea, Iran and 45: a brief study in illogic
To recap: North Korea – Has threatened mission strikes on U.S. land; has missiles capable of said strike; continues to develop nuclear weapons; starving