Category Archives: Politics

Commentary GOP pol’s defense of the “indictment and arrest” of Trump is stunning, particularly given that there hasn’t been an indictment, let alone an arrest. As recently reported by the major media, including the one and only Around the Block, based on his post on his own social media site, Truth Social, ex-president Donald TrumpContinue reading “I’m a MAGA, she’s a MAGA, he’s a MAGA three!”

Commentary Trump precedes his post about his imminent “arrest” with an ugly, dystopian screed about America. I’m sure that by the time you read this, you’ll already be aware of the BIG NEWS on this normally sleepy news Saturday: Donald Trump claimed today that he was going to be “arrested” by New York authorities. TheContinue reading “Trump Claims His Arrest Is Imminent and Calls for Protests, Echoing Jan. 6”

Commentary “Oh, what a circus, oh what a show!” “As many of you know, the annual CPAC conference was held last week at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside the “beltway swamp” (CPAC’s location characterization). CPAC, which stands for “Contemptible People Acting Cuckoo” claims to be the third-ranked PoliticalContinue reading “Around the Block’s “The CPAC Report””

Commentary By leaving the Democratic Party, Kyrsten Sinema proves she’s a bigger diva than Broadway’s first Evita, Patti LuPone Two days after Senate Democrats celebrated Raphael Warnock’s runoff victory in Georgia to give the Party a 51-49 majority, Arizona Democratic senator (and model for senatorial workplace decorum) Kyrsten Sinema announced she was leaving the PartyContinue reading “Don’t cry for me, Arizona”

Commentary Was this a glass half-full or half-empty moment? Many readers who know me are aware that I’m really a “glass half-empty” kind of guy. So, while I watched the election results in the senatorial run-off in Georgia, I reveled in the fact that Senator Raphael Warnock defeated his Republican opponent, Herschel Walker, but lamentedContinue reading “Warnock defeats Walker in Georgia Runoff”

Commentary 30% of American Jews voted for Trump. Will his latest hobnob with a neo-Nazi, Holocaust denying, white supremacist change their minds? I concluded a column posted before the midterms, Catching up on the mid-terms – GOP arrogance, campaign donations, Trump, Ye and anti-Semitism…what a week! with this: I know this will get me intoContinue reading “Trump entertains anti-Semites Ye and Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago dinner”

Commentary While it wasn’t a “Red Wave,” GOP control of the House for the next two years means a rocky road ahead. Can you say “impeachment?” Today is November 9, 2022. It is the day after the 2022 midterm elections. No “Red Wave.” No total disaster…unless of course you believe, as I do, that attachingContinue reading “What happened at the mid-terms yesterday?”