Not surprisingly, the fact that Donald Trump has not released his tax returns isn’t stopping Democrats. From Politico: Trump is certainly wealthy. But in a campaign where the New Yorker has portrayed himself as the biggest, the richest, the classiest…

A couple of days ago, I indicated that I’m considering casting my vote this November for Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, something which annoyed the Village Voice’s Roy Edroso (who finds nearly everything I write to be annoying). Please note my…

Obama’s walled mansion. Still needed: moat. Why aren’t there bridges and guest rooms? The Phoenician is European. The Senate is still selling out conservatives. And they wonder why the electorate is a boiling kettle of rage. Antibiotic-resistant superbug is on…

Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly has noted the constant war on law enforcement.  Anti-police rhetoric spikes following shootings of young black men like Michael Brown, Freddy Gray, and Tamir Rice. Although the shootings involving these young men are tragic, it does not excuse…

Marco Rubio has proved that, despite his short stature, he is a big man. He has apologized to Donald Trump mano a mano for the crude suggestion, during a televised debate, that the diminutive size of Trump’s hands was an…

Just got back from putting the flag out. My relentlessly gentrified neighborhood is home to many who have benefited greatly from the many blessings of American life, and therefore from the sacrifices so many have made in the name of…

Like the O.J. trial, the guilt of Casey Anthony was a given. More controversy around this lamentable woman and her legal team. From Fox News: Jose Baez, the Florida attorney who represented Casey Anthony in her 2011 murder trial, threatened…

Going into Memorial Day weekend, it’s heartening to know that some soldiers who, in times past, would have died or lived a life in a wheelchair, now live and and even go back and fight. Grateful for the doctors and…

Boston Red Sox centerfielder Jackie Bradley, Jr. stood helplessly around the on deck circle as pinch hitter Mookie Betts grounded out to end the game, an 8-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies. Had Betts reached, Bradley would have had a…

Yesterday I was playing poker at a local casino when one of the players sitting next to me claimed he was on food stamps. Apparently, one of the other players didn’t believe him, so to prove it he reached into…