“Small” and “bully” are words presidential candidate Kamala Harris used recently to criticize President Trump. The provocation this time was Trump’s performance at his North Carolina rally on July 17. Unfortunately, Harris is wrong about the small part. Trump is huge. His latest conquest was in forcing a reluctant Robert S. Mueller III to give testimony before two House committees on July 24. Mueller prevailed. Continue reading
I wrote a play. It took me two years, and I was very happy with it when it was done. All I wanted now was to see talented actors whip light, movement, sound into those words. But no. The fate of my play, though common, was brutal. Continue reading
Focus on the obscenities the censors let slide. Keep Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy, Snowden in Russia. You’ll be safe, protected. Oh, yes, monitored, too, but that doesn’t hurt. You won’t feel a thing. Continue reading
I don’t mind if an author’s opinion differs from my own. What hurts is when “scholarly” articles impoverish the reader. When so rich a topic as joy is stripped, the vandalism must be pointed out. Continue reading
I don’t mean hurry to get dessert, but to save Rush Limbaugh for dessert. Most will demur, preferring a compote, mousse, or a raspberry bombe. Common sense dictates so meaty a morsel as Rush be trussed and mounted on a spit. Continue reading
This is my farewell to a pop star whose premature death brought me up short. His successes and failures were far more important to me than I had ever before supposed. Continue reading
This conservative political commentator and stinker was one of 22 people barred from entering the United Kingdom for fostering extremism or hate. Sixteen of the names on the UK’s list were made public in early May 2009. This commentator’s brilliant mind-set was captured by our interviewer sometime later and reproduced faithfully here word for word. Almost. Continue reading