Here was the headline in the Washington Post: Trump takes over Fourth of July celebration, changing its location and inserting himself into the program The story, among other things, said this, bold print supplied for emphasis: President Trump has effectively taken…
Nathaniel Hawthorne, call your office. Hester Prynne, your fictional protagonist, had a scarlet letter “A” imprinted on her dress, to wear in public and thus advertise to the end of her life her adulterous relationship. Hester was ostracized, a punishment…
Presidents Trump and Putin have announced the site for their first summit meeting: Helsinki. It’s a dubious choice, a place of bad history between American statesmen and Russian thugs. Hopefully it’s not a bad omen for Donald Trump. If Trump…
The taxman cometh. He cometh for other taxmen even. And it turns out tax-happy states like Uncle Sam extracting his take about as much as the rest of us do. Congress imposed a $10,000 limitation in December on state and…