WASHINGTON -- There's a reason why President Trump increasingly sounds like the mob boss in a cliche-ridden gangster film: That's basically what he is -- and he must know how such movies usually end. On Wednesday morning -- a day after his former campaign chairman was convicted of felonies in one federal courthouse and his longtime lawyer pleaded guilty to felonies in … [Read more...] about Trump doesn’t care about justice — only protection
Alpha (2018)
The story isn't one that's unheard of and it's one that audiences love to indulge. Alpha, while a simple story, is a visually impressive tale about man and wolf. In other words, man and the first dog. Alpha places itself 20,000 years ago when mankind is still nomadic and primitive, but asserting itself toward the top of the food-chain. Of course, man isn't there yet and so … [Read more...] about Alpha (2018)
Cartoon: Trump Under Bus
Mike Slosberg is a cartoonist and novelist. He lives with his wife and hundreds of drawing pens on the Upper Westside of Manhattan, New York. You can see more of his cartoons and learn about his books by going to: mikeslosbergbooks.com … [Read more...] about Cartoon: Trump Under Bus
Would you eat ‘meat’ from a lab? Consumers aren’t necessarily sold on ‘cultured meat’
Interested in a juicy burger grown in the lab? Oliver Sjöström/Unsplash, CC BY Walter Johnson, Arizona State University; Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University, and Sheril Kirshenbaum, Michigan State University It’s been a busy summer for food-based biotech. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration made headlines when it approved the plant-based … [Read more...] about Would you eat ‘meat’ from a lab? Consumers aren’t necessarily sold on ‘cultured meat’
The Roof Just Fell In On The President Of The United States. What Happens Now?
Five associates of the president of the United States have either pleaded guilty to or been convicted of crimes since he took office, further cementing (as in concrete shoes) that this con man and crook has long surrounded himself with other con men and crooks. One of them says the president instructed him to make payments to a porn star and Playboy model with whom he had … [Read more...] about The Roof Just Fell In On The President Of The United States. What Happens Now?
Trump meets his real enemy
WASHINGTON -- Can he survive? This became the central issue in American politics late Tuesday afternoon. It's also the only subject President Trump cares about. With Michael Cohen implicating his former client in a potential felony, the president's strategy of diversion and evasion collapsed. Compounding his troubles was the nearly simultaneous conviction on eight charges … [Read more...] about Trump meets his real enemy
All the President’s Felons (Cartoon, Column and Video)
I can’t predict if Donald Trump will be impeached or not. I can’t predict if he’ll go to jail. But I do feel pretty confident in predicting he’s going to do one of two things, if not both. He’s either going to start issuing pardons as if they’re Pez candy and he’s a dispenser, or he’s going to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Yesterday has been described as the worst day … [Read more...] about All the President’s Felons (Cartoon, Column and Video)
How Donald Trump can survive Michael Cohen’s decision to turn on him
Neil Visalvanich, Durham University Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and “fixer”, Michael Cohen, has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of fraud, among other crimes, and has implicated the president himself in wrongdoing. Speaking about payments made to porn actress Stormy Daniels and others, supposedly to keep them quiet about alleged affairs with the … [Read more...] about How Donald Trump can survive Michael Cohen’s decision to turn on him
UN expert says Trump’s Iran sanctions are illegitimate and causing silent deaths
President Donald Trump’s snap-back sanctions against Iran are illegitimate, unjust and harmful, a United Nations expert said today. They are causing silent deaths in hospitals from lack of medicines. He applauded European and international efforts to tackle “this injustice” and prevent the world from becoming “a battleground for generalized economic war.” Idriss Jazairy, … [Read more...] about UN expert says Trump’s Iran sanctions are illegitimate and causing silent deaths
Ding Dong, The Witch Hunt is Dead!
Future Ex-President Donald J. Trump reeled from a double blow yesterday. Paul Manafort, his bargain-basement campaign manager, was convicted of eight counts of fraud. At almost the same time, Michael Cohen, his fixer, pled guilty to tax fraud and making illegal campaign contributions — to Stormy Daniels, a five-tool player in the porn industry, and Kathy McDougal, a Playboy … [Read more...] about Ding Dong, The Witch Hunt is Dead!
Harassment Investigation Procedures in the Age of #MeToo: An Interview
This article was republished with permission from So Well, So Woman, where it first appeared here. Women have made great strides over the past year or so in bringing to light the complicated and sensitive topic of sexual harassment in the workplace. In the wake of the start of #MeToo, #TimesUp and similar movements, many are asking: what changes have been made, and what … [Read more...] about Harassment Investigation Procedures in the Age of #MeToo: An Interview
The GOP turns to toilets to suppress more black voters
WASHINGTON -- It warms the heart to see the newfound concern that Georgia has for its disabled residents. Election overseers were worried sick that the disabled in Randolph County, a rural hamlet where 60 percent of residents are black and nearly a third live in poverty, might arrive at their polling place and find they had to park on grass or, worse, that there was no … [Read more...] about The GOP turns to toilets to suppress more black voters
Democratic Party Promoting Hate
The Democratic Party is losing members because of the hate within. That is the gist of Karin McQuillan's commentary Nice Ladies Leaving the Democratic Party. Here are excerpts: Democrats are leaving their party more in sorrow than in anger, but leaving it they are, sickened by the Democratic Party’s hard left turn. Tens of thousands are telling their stories on the … [Read more...] about Democratic Party Promoting Hate
Cartoon: Michael Cohen the Fixer
Social Media Reaction to Trump’s Cohen Manafort Double Strike Out
Social media has been running at warp speed in light of Donald Trump's Michael Cohen/Paul Manafort double legal strike out. A sampling: NYT page one: "PLEADING GUILTY, COHEN IMPLICATES PRESIDENT" pic.twitter.com/wujKjUr17x— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 22, 2018 BIG DAY: We have learned that we have a criminal President of the United States, who … [Read more...] about Social Media Reaction to Trump’s Cohen Manafort Double Strike Out
Cartoon: Cohen
(UPDATES) Will August 21 Be the Day When America Woke Up?
UPDATE I: The post below is about the game-changing judicial and political events that occurred on August 21. Comments have been made here about the tragic murder of Mollie Tibbetts by an illegal immigrant. But, more important, the president used Tibbetts’ death –- on the same day that his former lawyer, under oath, “implicated Mr. Trump in a possible crime,” -- to try … [Read more...] about (UPDATES) Will August 21 Be the Day When America Woke Up?
Truth Is Indeed Truth As Cohen Fingers Trump & Manafort Faces Life In Prison
August 21, 2018 will long be remembered as a spectacularly huge day for truth, justice and the rule of law as the tide finally turned against Donald Trump and, one by one, all of the president's men began to go down. Michael Cohen, the president's longtime fixer and personal lawyer, entering a guilty plea in a Manhattan courtroom to eight violations of banking, tax and … [Read more...] about Truth Is Indeed Truth As Cohen Fingers Trump & Manafort Faces Life In Prison
Great Music Chapter 19
This week we return to the more conventional field of music, Classical. This week’s composer is the Norwegian, Edvard Grieg. Born in Bergen, Norway in 1843 he learned the piano from his mother who was a piano teacher. He began his piano studies at age 6 and quickly became proficient. A violinist friend of the family persuaded them to send Edvard to the famous Leipzig … [Read more...] about Great Music Chapter 19
Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Trump’s Military Space Force
OF RELATED INTEREST: --Concerns grow about Space Force diverting funds from other military priorities --Trump Wants a Space Force, But Pentagon Has Different Idea Mike Peters is recognized as one of our nation’s most prominent cartoon artists for his outstanding work as both a political and comic strip cartoonist. His favorite expression “WHAT A HOOT” certainly sums up his … [Read more...] about Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Trump’s Military Space Force