Year: 2024

Yesterday I had the good fortune to attend a neighborhood meet and greet for Patti Hewitt, candidate for the U.S. House, 1st Congressional District of Georgia. It was a lovely get together hosted by David Blumenfeld and his wife, Paula Eubanks, at their beautiful home on St. Simons. Ms. Hewitt, a Democrat, is running against…

Recently, we had the extraordinary opportunity to sit down with the twenty-sixth president of the United States and discuss current events. Theodore Roosevelt played a starring role as president and was a world figure during the rise of American power at a critical moment in western history. No one, in our judgment, could provide better…

Given the tragedy of contemporary politics, one has to wonder what the sage of Sagamore Hill would say if he was still on his bully pulpit. As the conscience of his generation, always outspoken and eager to engage on the issues of his time, there is no doubt that Theodore Roosevelt would’ve had a lot…

As the Trump presidency unfolded and he revealed himself to the American public, it became increasingly tempting for critics to compare him and his MAGA movement to Hitler and the Nazis. Doing so was an easy and satisfying way to show one’s contempt. Linking Trump and his allies to Hitler, of course, was the ultimate…

It’s been a week since I last shared my thoughts here. Like many of you, I get exhausted with the relentless bad news and I search out more pleasant ways to spend my time. At the same time, I increasingly get disgusted with the lame and inexcusable responses offered up by the MAGA crowd, Christian…

On this slow Sunday after a week of tumultuous political news, I’m forwarding Ken Burns’ comments to the 2024 class of Brandeis University for your perusal and, perhaps as in my case, for your edification. A Sunday sermon for our political pastors to take to heart in the heat of the current political battles. Burns,…

The spectacle of Donald Trump speaking at the Libertarian convention was a laugher. It smelled of desperation both for the former president and the Libertarian Party. Trump was trolling for votes and the LP was trolling to be considered a serious political player. Trump, of course, is no more a libertarian than he is a…

Nikki Haley’s announcement that she would vote for Trump in November unsettled me. It shouldn’t, she’s a politician. But I hang on to the belief that decent people will always do the right thing in the end. On the surface, Haley’s action seems to be that of a party faithful returning to the fold and…

Like many of you I have followed the ongoing hush money trial of Trump in New York. It is virtually impossible to avoid it, given the media attention and the circus that is the current political scene. As the trial winds down, it is my take that it won’t change any minds or have much…

The spectacle of Senators Tim Scott and J. D. Vance attending Trump’s hush money trial was bad enough, but the presence of Mike Johnson, current Speaker of the House, struck me as sick politics. Second in power to the president, the speaker’s attendance sends the signal that the tawdry and potentially criminal acts of the…