Donald Trump’s new book Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again is becoming a nightmare for publisher Threshold Editions, a division of Simon and Schuster. Apparently buyers of the book have complained that it’s “all words.” Trump is reportedly livid with his editor for not seeing that there were way too many words, many … More Trump: Crippled America and Chapped Lips
Pope Francis has said that Donald Trump is not a Christian because he wants to build a wall along the Mexican border and deport 11 million illegal Mexican immigrants. I have to leap to Trump’s defense. After all, he is an affiliated Presbyterian. Last I heard, Presbyterianism is a Christian denomination. Maybe what the Holy … More Donald Trump the Christian
There is little question that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was murdered. A small poison dart of the sort used by the Kenyan Luo tribe, which just happens to be the tribe of Obama’s Kenyan father, was found in the wall behind Scalia’s bed. Luo tribesmen are notoriously short-sighted, and the assassin obviously missed. It … More Antonin Scalia Was Murdered!
When it comes to humour, nearly all of us live in more than one world. I long engaged in the classic cliché of locker room humour. For years I traded outrageous, sometimes very funny, jokes with my workout partner that neither of us would have ever have told in our other worlds. One particularly offensive … More Donald Trump as a Clownish Christ Figure
It has been common for left-wing American intellectuals to claim that there is really only one American political party with two wings, both of which essentially serve business interests. The massive backing both Democrats and Republicans traditionally get from Wall Street and other big money supports the one-party thesis. But the rise of the so-called … More Can Bernie Sanders Win?
I am a political junkie, and as an ex-pat American and typical immigrant, I follow the politics of the old country obsessively from my adopted home of Canada. On the day of the New Hampshire primary, I was driving to meet a friend for coffee and started to search the car radio for an American … More Snake Oil
This video of comedian Sarah Silverman introducing Bernie Sanders is amazing. It captures much of the sentiment that underlies the enthusiasm for Bernie Sanders and his battle to win the Democratic nomination for President. By now the oligarchy in America is so entrenched, and the money in American politics is so corrupting that an honest politician … More Sarah Silverman Introduces Bernie Sanders
This is the second imagined conversation between Pope Francis and Donald Trump, using actual quotations on a variety of subjects. Donald Trump: The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive. Pope Francis: A very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a … More Donald Trump Sits Down With Pope Francis Again
Several years ago when I wrote a grammar column for The Edmonton Journal, I objected to the use of “impact” as a verb, not because I objected to turning nouns into verbs—it happens quite naturally in English all the time—but because “impact” was being used inappropriately as a synonym for “affect: How will smaller paper … More Impact or Affect?
I was pleased that Donald Trump came in second in the Republican Iowa caucuses even though the winner, Ted Cruz, is creepy beyond belief. But that a lying, narcissistic racist like Donald Trump is merely the second choice of Republicans is somewhat reassuring. On the Democratic side I was disappointed that Bernie Sanders didn’t soundly defeat Hillary Clinton, although … More The Iowa Caucuses
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