Why my conservative brothers and sisters in Christ, like Donald Trump, do not need forgiveness from God, forgiveness for which the rest of us must urgently pray. - More -

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Trump Followers: Safe from Forbidden Fruit in the Garden of Good and Evil

The outermost fringes of American right-wing militancy has something in common with early Christianity. They rely on codes. Neo-Nazis are in a position to understand the below-ground messaging of my president and his supporters. - More -

Trump and the Code of 1488

Sometimes the way war criminals are regarded depends on the era in which we live. In a span of 75 years, Americans had hoped to come closer to the founding ideals. Our standards should not have gone downward.

Statues, History, and Heritage

How about this? The election just six months away. The presumptive Democratic nominee 9 points ahead. Even conservatives attacking Republicans. And Democrats still lost in November. Here’s how it happened.

How Trump Wins in 2020

If he had paid more attention to a couple of memos, he would have been in politics a whole lot longer.

Harry Hughes from Decades Ago, and Lessons We Should Apply to Trump

The Haldeman maneuver didn't really work for Nixon. Trump has a more fanatic following. Maybe they'll fall into line. - More -

Nixon and Haldeman Explain How to Save Trump

The world sometimes seems to have too few heroes. America has one. He is a minor official in Ukraine. - More -

Why No Investigation into Biden?

Each time President Trump tells us what he saw and did on the day of the attacks, his actions in the aftermath become even more courageous. - More -

Heroic Future President on the Day of the Attacks

As so many of our brothers and sisters in Christ endorse, with great enthusiasm, new attacks by our government on desperately ill children, we may as well be overt about it. What would Satan do? - More -

Serene Sanctuaries Where We Can Comfortably Lose Our Souls

In the White House, it's been called the Swing Around the Circle, a planned rally tour to persuade middle-of-the-road voters of his moderation, and of the extremism of the opposition. But not all plans ...well... go off as planned. - More -

Presidential Repetition

My dad thought teenagers were just putting a finger in the eye of grownups. I thought it was all about the music. Half a century later the debate about the same kids has a ring to it. - More -

Trump as Rock Idol

One tragic aspect within a tragic era within the history of a great country is now being tragically repeated. And it is deliberate. - More -

Refugees and Sanctuary - Sofi's Choice

There is a common thread that runs through Donald Trump's history, one that gives us the likely reason for his very specific hostility toward one segment of immigrants. - More -

What Colors Trump's Hatred of Immigrants?

We treat some with fear and loathing. Others are a source of amusement. The homeless in our midst and refugees from without, at least those who with brown skin, share one fatal attribute. - More -

Amusement and Fear at Strange, Ragged People

Impeachment may be possible, but only if this President is convicted in the right court. It is not the House. It will not be the Senate. And it will not be with any written report. - More -