There was a time when the Republican Party fancied itself the party of personal responsibility. Of course it was aimed directly at welfare recipients -- the "takers" -- and was never intended to trigger blowback. The party's use of racist "Southern Strategy" dog whistles has ...read more

Trump always makes things worse for Trump. It's a rule that doesn't require a lot of research to confirm. Every decision Trump makes, whether it's linked to the investigation into his traitorous participation in the Russian plot to hijack our democratic institutions, or whether ...read more

Here's a question for you good folks. Is it worse that the president of the United States: a) Believes that global warming is a Chinese hoax and cold weather proves C02 is not heating the planet up (contrary to all scientific evidence).  b) Can't construct grammatically coherent ...read more

(Cartoon by Kap, La Vanguardia, Spain) His completely irresponsible tweets and outbursts about North Korea have almost become a mundane daily feature, but there's nothing -- absolutely nothing normal about the way President Trump is handling the worsening crisis between America ...read more

These days, a single tweet can start a chain reaction that leads to an army of trolls unleashing harassment both online and sometimes, off it. It’s a bizarre yet hazardous part of our increasingly connected world, especially when the hoards are reacting to what they see as ...read more

Growing up in Southern California, I genuinely believed Disneyland was the happiest place on earth. As a child I was fortunate enough to have many outings there with family and continued the tradition with friends into my teens. I knew all the words to the songs on my favorite ...read more

Normally, Donald Trump's tweet about healthcare this morning would've been the biggest news story of the day -- perhaps the biggest story of the four-day holiday weekend. For now, though, it's been more or less lost in the shadow of the Morning Joe story as well as the bombshell ...read more

Donald Trump, a man who has fathered 5 children with three different women, is by default America's leading role model for parenthood. Never was his display of manliness, dignity and virility more on display than last year when he tweeted out a message to all of America's dads ...read more

These are trying times, and political discourse isn’t making the world any better. Rather than nuanced and complex discussions about policy and leadership, we find a lot of debate over painfully partisan talking points and 140 character tweets. The end of last week proved no ...read more

It isn't big news that Donald Trump is an incompetent halfwit with a limited vocabulary and no business being in the White House, so it isn't particularly surprising that he tweeted this unfinished, misspelled thought last night:  (Note: if anyone can tell us what a "press ...read more

The other day, Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly tweeted this observation about the political press: "Is the press really free and objective? Or is it associated with a political party? If so, that's a violation of what the Founders intended." In other words, collusion between a ...read more

Donald Trump spent the holiday weekend once again making a fool of himself on Twitter. The president-elect continued his trend of misspelling words and discussing critical foreign policies in 140 characters or less. His refusal to put his phone down and act presidential has left ...read more