Category Archives: Donald Trump

What did manliness have to do with Trump’s election?

Posted on April 4, 2018 by

Harvey Mansfield, professor of government at Harvard University and author of “Manliness,” a put-down of western feminists, as quoted by The Wall Street Journal: “Laughing lightly, Mr. Mansfield recalls Mr. Trump’s masculine belittling of ‘Little Marco,’ ‘Low Energy Jeb’ and … Continue reading →

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QUICK HITS: When everything looks like a gun

Posted on March 24, 2018 by

Apparently anything held by a suspect looks like a gun to a cop, as the recent shooting in Sacramento shows once again. Friday was a bad day for Bay Area sports teams: Stephen Curry injured his knee and Madison Bumgarner … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on the Pennsylvania special election

Posted on March 14, 2018 by

The vote is still too close to call the winner in Pennsylvania’s special Congressional election, but it’s clear the Democrats are the big winners in a district that voted big time for Donald Trump in 2016. The result also confirms … Continue reading →

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Will California greet Trump with violent protests? Bring it on!

Posted on March 12, 2018 by

President Donald Trump is scheduled to make his first trip to California Tuesday since he was elected president, and nobody expects him to get a friendly welcome. Just to make sure, the divider-in-chief threw more red meat to the hungry … Continue reading →

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Is Trump administration ready to raid sanctuary cities?

Posted on January 19, 2018 by

The Trump administration is preparing a massive roundup of illegal aliens in Northern California–the heart of the sanctuary movement, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The Chronicle is reporting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to fly agents to … Continue reading →

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Trump throws gasoline on a smoldering media fire

Posted on January 15, 2018 by

Donald Trump, never one to pass up a chance to start a new fight, has picked one with The Wall Street Journal over an alleged misquote in a story the paper ran last week. The story was based on an … Continue reading →

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Bought and paid for: Republican tax ‘reform’ legislation

Posted on December 7, 2017 by

Here’s all you really need to know about the Republicans’ tax “reform” legislation: When the bill the Senate voted on finally surfaced last Friday–the one with 500 pages that nobody had time to read–the Republican leadership sent copies to K … Continue reading →

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