As the public impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump begins, I feel a need to reprint (for the third time) this post from Feb. 20, 2011: “They [political parties] serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force;… Read More ›
Politics
A word of caution to Washington Republicans
As the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump’s activities is about to go public, here’s a reminder to those Republicans still defending him: Nixon wasn’t actually impeached, but his defenders paid a high price nevertheless. Watergate was just a two-bit break-in… Read More ›
Sometimes anonymity is okay
President Trump has demanded to know the name of Anonymous, the whistleblower who revealed the quid pro quo offer to Ukraine and subsequently released a book about it. He claims the classic right to face his accuser. Normally I would… Read More ›
Thornton, Colorado, homeowners lose election
This is a postscript to “The one about nonpartisan elections.” Yes, the election was nonpartisan, in that political affiliations were not mentioned. But the oil and gas employee, a Republican, won the mayoral race in Thornton, Colo. Her election doesn’t… Read More ›
Boiling frogs in Washington
What part of our current political mess do Republicans not understand? How can so many of them, particularly those in Washington, support and defend Donald Trump’s behavior? How can they continue to defend the idea that it’s okay to ask… Read More ›
The one about nonpartisan elections
When I first started voting, back in the Dark Ages, I tended to vote straight tickets. It seemed the easiest way to vote for many candidates, some of whom I didn’t know. And it was expedited by party symbols at… Read More ›
