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America at 250, of Thee I Sing

When it comes to America’s semiquincentennial birthday, I feel like someone whose husband has gotten fat and surly and announced he’s going vegan. You just have to keep reminding yourself of those Good Old Days when he was a promising … READ MORE

If Trump Stood the White House on its Side

Our President holds up a chart showing that if you stood up the Lincoln Monument reflecting pool on its side, it would be taller than the Empire State Building! But apparently, no one told Trump that if you … READ MORE

Frank Sinatra, Donald Trump and My Partner

It’s kind of embarrassing. Donald J. Trump was my business and character reference for my investigations firm, Union Associates, when, in the 1980s, I applied for government contracts. But Frank Sinatra put an end to it… READ MORE

Mr. Colbert, I’m not laughing anymore

Dear Mr. Colbert, your take-down of Trump’s #2 at FEMA, Gregg Phillips, who claims he was teleported to a Waffle House was so hilarious I spit my milk out through my nose. But I’m not laughing anymore. Mr. Colbert, Phillips may choose our next president … READ MORE

Trump, the Pirate of Hormuz

It was a mere 500 years ago that Europeans realized that the Strait of Hormuz was a trade choke point, when Portuguese Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque seized the Island of Hormuz to control trade in and out of the Persian Gulf. It was the first armed European conquest of Arabia meant to … READ MORE

Pam Bondi’s Lobbyist Loot Built on Free Market in Human Misery

Pam Bondi, Trump-dumped yesterday as US Attorney General, was a highly paid lobbyist for Qatar and Kuwait, not to mention Geo Group, the nation’s top operator of immigrant detention centers (I think we used to call them “prisons”), the cruelty profiteer I exposed years ago in an investigation for The Guardian titled, “Free Market In Human Misery.”… READ MORE

America at 250, of Thee I Sing

When it comes to America’s semiquincentennial birthday, I feel like someone whose husband has gotten fat and surly and announced he’s going vegan. You just have to keep reminding yourself of those Good Old Days when he was a promising … READ MORE

If Trump Stood the White House on its Side

Our President holds up a chart showing that if you stood up the Lincoln Monument reflecting pool on its side, it would be taller than the Empire State Building! But apparently, no one told Trump that if you … READ MORE

Frank Sinatra, Donald Trump and My Partner

It’s kind of embarrassing. Donald J. Trump was my business and character reference for my investigations firm, Union Associates, when, in the 1980s, I applied for government contracts. But Frank Sinatra put an end to it… READ MORE

Mr. Colbert, I’m not laughing anymore

Dear Mr. Colbert, your take-down of Trump’s #2 at FEMA, Gregg Phillips, who claims he was teleported to a Waffle House was so hilarious I spit my milk out through my nose. But I’m not laughing anymore. Mr. Colbert, Phillips may choose our next president … READ MORE

Trump, the Pirate of Hormuz

It was a mere 500 years ago that Europeans realized that the Strait of Hormuz was a trade choke point, when Portuguese Admiral Afonso de Albuquerque seized the Island of Hormuz to control trade in and out of the Persian Gulf. It was the first armed European conquest of Arabia meant to … READ MORE

Pam Bondi’s Lobbyist Loot Built on Free Market in Human Misery

Pam Bondi, Trump-dumped yesterday as US Attorney General, was a highly paid lobbyist for Qatar and Kuwait, not to mention Geo Group, the nation’s top operator of immigrant detention centers (I think we used to call them “prisons”), the cruelty profiteer I exposed years ago in an investigation for The Guardian titled, “Free Market In Human Misery.”… READ MORE