I have a theory. I think Ted Cruz has 2020 vision. He wants to run for president in 2020. He can see the Republican Party coming apart this year, after November, and splitting into two factions. The hate-filled 2016 Trumpists will congeal into a pile of dung. Let’s call them Trump Dumps. The rest of the party will become the Christian Republicans. What he can’t see is the traditional Republicans taking control of the party of Lincoln and showing the door to people like Cruz w

I was upstairs in my studio when I heard my wife laugh loudly downstairs. She was laughing at Trump’s grand entrance to the Republican convention. I was not watching. My time is too precious to me and I hate to waste it listening to Republican bullshit. I DVR-ed it, but the big news of last night was all over the morning shows. Rest assured, the GOP is still its own worst enemy. Now, let’s talk about trust. Melania, shall we say, “borrowed” phrases from Michele Obama’s 2008 s

What do you get when you mix extreme religion with extreme politics? The 2016 Republican Party platform. I’m happy that Americans who are scared shitless have found a home. They have a place to exclaim without shame their fear and hatred of anyone not like them. These are the people who confuse intelligence with cowardice. A bully shall lead them. Reason and discernment have no place in their lives. Smart people are their enemy, and by smart people, I mean anyone who understa

Many moons ago when I toiled for the fourth estate, I suggested to any editor who would listen that we start a weekly column called “Race Exchange.” It would be written by a black writer and a white writer and it would be a clearing house for racial nonsense, myths, lies, and half-truths. Readers could write in with questions, observations and stories of the system actually working. Importantly, it would be written with a sense of humor. I was met with polite indifference unt

What do I want? I want the National Rifle Association to take a responsible position on gun ownership. I want the NRA to lead the way with comprehensive gun control. I want the NRA to work with legislatures all over America to encourage government enforcement of existing laws. That’s what it once did before the greedy bastards took over and turned the organization into a lobbying group for gun makers. It would take new leadership and a fearless attitude within the association