Trump, Kubler-Ross, and Loss
Several years ago, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and her psychiatrist friends came up with a very useful theory about stages of grief. They taught us that it’s important to recognize that people...
Bye Bye Don
For four years of Trump, I held my nose. The stench was just that bad. For four days after the election, I held my breath. The suspense was just that...
It’s Almost Here, and I Can’t Wait
One more week. Like a prisoner counting down the days till his release, I await Election Day. A week from today, Nov 3, 2020 is the day they count the...
Five Thoughts on Everyone’s Favorite President
As the 2020 election comes closer and closer, all sorts of random thoughts and questions have been floating round my brain. Here’s a sampling of the latest: 1--How long could...
Observations on the Three-Ring Circus That is Trump
The Trump experience really is like a three ring circus—acrobats, lion tamers, people swinging wildly on the flying trapeze, and all the grotesque curiosities of the freak show along the...
Next in Line
“Aaaaaaaaaaaahhh, aa, aa, aa, yiiiiii, ooooowww, yiiiiiiii, aaaaaaahhhhhh.” The high decibel scream resonated through the White House at three in the morning, bringing the Secret Service, medical personnel, and family...
What Will It Take?
There’s spin, there’s spin taken to the nth degree, and then there’s this: According to Erin Perrine, the President’s Director of Communications, the fact that Donald Trump contracted COVID-19 and,...
What happened After Trump Tested Positive
It might have happened this way: At the White House “The old man’s not looking very good,” noted the president’s physician Sean Conley. “Fever, lots of trouble breathing. Let’s get...
Two Septuagenarians Arrested (or Should have Been) for Public Brawl
To paraphrase Rodney Dangerfield, “I went to a fight the other night, and a debate broke out.” Yes, an all-out brawl took place on the campus of Case Western Reserve...
A Taxing Experience
The story of Donald Trump’s taxes, released by the NY Times, tells a pretty straightforward story: The man is a cheat, a fraud, a failed businessman whose lawyers went to...