It’s clear that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s strategy to negotiate with the Senate to establish the rules for the impeachment trial before she releases the House Articles of Impeachment is not going to work. Majority leader Mitch McConnell has the 51 votes to block any pre-trial guidelines, including calling witnesses and introducing documents (AKA “evidence”) that were blocked during the House hearings.
Category Archives: Commentary
It’s Not Funny Anymore!
Commentary
Andy Borowitz’s The Borowitz Report – Not the News satirized President Trump’s escalating conflict with Iran today. Here’s the problem – what Trump did, how he did it and how he’s following up on it, is not funny.
Times Op-Ed: “Republican Women Are in Crisis”
thor and historian Nancy L. Cohen penned an Op-Ed in the New York Times entitled, “Republican Women Are in Crisis,” in which she opined, “In the past 10 years, they (Republican women) have become an endangered species on the political stage.”
Around the Block travels to Japan (Part 2)
Travel Commentary
Tokyo. Our home away from home. Rebuilt from the rubble of World War II, Tokyo is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is both ancient and modern…
Intelligence, Integrity, Impeachment – The “I’s” have it.
Commentary
On Wednesday, December 18, 2019, Donald J. Trump became only the third president in United States history to be impeached.
On to the Senate where only one “I” counts: Integrity
Trump issues executive order to fight anti-Semitism
Commentary
Trump executive order to fight anti-Semitism
Judaism: Nationality or Religion?
Several friends have asked for my POV. Here it is.
How is the “swamp draining” working out?
It’s time to see how draining the swamp worked out. To find out, let’s hear from two of the most prominent swamp dwellers.
Impeachment? Never mind!
After Sen. John N. Kennedy triples down and a new poll reveals Republicans rank Trump second to only Reagan as the “best GOP president,” is it time to “give up the ghost?”
If you can only read one book about impeachment, this is the one
Commentary
I urge anyone interested in the future of our country, in the future of our democracy, in the future of the American “experiment,” to read Neal Katyal’s new book, “Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump.”
Around the Block travels to Japan (Part 1)
Commentary
Our Japan visits always seem like “coming home.”
This is first in an occaisional series about Japanese friends, Japanese experiences and Japanese insights
Around the Block 