Monthly Archives: March 2017

The top Republican on the House intelligence committee said he has not seen any evidence to back President Donald Trump’s claim that the Obama administration wiretapped him during the 2016 campaign and suggested the news media were taking the president’s … Continue reading →

neanderthal (plural neanderthals) 1. (pejorative) A primitive, boorish person or a person with old-fashioned ideas or who opposes change. 2. A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis. Boo! Hiss! Thumbs down on the first definition. Don’t you dis … Continue reading →

President Trump gets high marks for leadership amid growing economic optimism, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, but questions about his temperament and his tweets have cost him the political boost that a president traditionally gets from that good … Continue reading →

No hustle and bustle here. March 8, 2017  

March 7, 2017  

Apparently Trump felt better Sunday after seeing that his accusations against Obama were the dominant story in the newspapers. But after the Sunday morning talk shows he was angry again — few Republicans were supporting his tweets because he didn’t … Continue reading →

Peggy Noonan was encouraged by Trump’s address to Congress and wrote in A Surprising Show of Confidence—Trump’s speech was clear, plain, even warm at times. Could we be seeing a capacity to grow?: It marks, if not a new chapter, … Continue reading →

You may have seen this already, but it’s too good not to share. March 4, 2017  

What a disappointment! A lot of people want their wishes granted but don’t want to work for them. How do you feel about self help? In the past I found some of it invaluable. One has to sort through the … Continue reading →

In spite of what we’ve been reading about his popularity, a lot of people think Trump is doing what he was elected to do, shake up Washington. And Rasmussen Reports says around 45% of people polled now think the government … Continue reading →