First, The Lawyers“The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers.” It’s safe to assume Trump is as unfamiliar with Shakespeare as he is with the…2d ago2d ago
Governance, MAGA StyleAway for most of the week, I managed only a column with disconnected slices of MAGA. Pardon my pejorism:Mar 26Mar 26
Taking DictationTwo months in, Donald Trump is not acting like a dictator. He’s become one. He’s assumed every trait he’s admired in the world’s worst…Mar 19Mar 19
DOGE BallWhen I was a surgical intern, we had a patient, a young girl, maybe eight years old, who’d had a severe infection in her leg, necessitating…Mar 12Mar 12
BetrayalFrom my never-ending reach for common ground comes a fact so incontrovertible that we’ll all agree: under Trump, America has sided with…Mar 5Mar 5
Conning the ConnedNotwithstanding its faults — slavery, native American genocide, Japanese internment, misogyny, persisting racism, favoring the wealthy…Feb 26Feb 26
King MeIf I were to discover that any thought I had or any demand I were to make would be actualized, I wouldn’t use that power to rename bodies…Feb 19Feb 19
When Is Enough Enough?If a dictatorophilic “president” refuses to obey the law, and when his party in Congress doesn’t care, who’ll stop him? The Constitution is…Feb 12Feb 12
Let Me Count The WaysThe US Agency for International Development is a “criminal organization,” says President Musk, so, illegally bypassing Congress, he’s…Feb 5Feb 5
Brick By BrickAfter an exhausting week of stamping out human decency in his government, Trump spent the weekend taking the Miami golf cure. I spent it…Jan 29Jan 29
