When the stock market goes up or down, credit and blame accrues to the president. Mostly unfair in a global economy, of course, but that’s how Americans judge it. Call it the “Pottery Barn Rule -- If You Break It, You Own It”. No clearer example of this than the post-Trump election stock market rally. Before the election, Democrats said the robust stock market levels … [Read more...]
Dude, Marin Just Got a Little More Marin
Will ‘legal’ pot take the edge off of a Trump presidency? “Unique” isn’t right. Perhaps the word “apart” gets a little closer to the core of it all. The so-called “Marin Bubble” is hard to put into words, but it sometimes feels like living in an Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, the title of which might be “The Lost World of Marin.” As a Nevadan splitting time between Nevada … [Read more...]
Kaepernick Spinoffs Jump the Shark
Please, spare me the sanctimony of pointing out that Colin Kaepernick has a right to protest the National Anthem. Everyone knows that. The two points worth making at this juncture are: 1: Just because Kaepernick has a right to protest, doesn’t make the Kaepernick protest right. 2: Spinoffs of the Kaepernick protest have officially jumped the shark. In Kaepernick’s … [Read more...]
Let’s face it: ObamaCare isn’t very good
‘So you’ve got this crazy system where all of a sudden 25 million more people have health care and then the people who are out there busting it, sometimes 60 hours a week, wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half. It’s the craziest thing in the world.’ – Bill Clinton I am no expert on healthcare. Hardly any of us are. But because we all … [Read more...]
Sooner or Later We’re Racists and Xenophobes
In “The Bubble” that is the greater San Francisco area, strange things happen. Consider the Berkeley City Council, perhaps the most enlightened progressive body this side of Moscow. The good folks of this council are the touchiest and feeliest of any elected body in the known touchy/feely universe. There’s not a racist or xenophobic thought among them. Or, is there? … [Read more...]
Good to know Harry Reid’s Still a Jackass
The recent verbal tussle between Nevada’s Sen. Harry Reid and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, serves as a reminder to Nevadans that in the world of political jackassery our retiring senior senator still has game. Here he is this month tangling with a younger and bigger jackass in the form of Donald Trump. Reid: “(Trump) complains about her (Hillary’s) … [Read more...]
Honestly, Pay for play is Clinton way
Forget an “October Surprise” that will disqualify Hillary Clinton from the presidency. That happened in August. Lucky for her Donald Trump is her opponent. Email begrudgingly released by the State Department this month showed beyond a reasonable doubt that Ms. Clinton violated her promise to separate the Clinton Foundation from government business. The email showed … [Read more...]
Clinton, Trump or a Meteor?
It’s official. Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton – two people disliked by six out of 10 Americans. Now, for readers wrapped too tight politically, it would be best if you were to move along to another page. If you stay here I’m afraid you’ll just get pissed. Try sports. Please. Gone? Good. Let’s get real: How in gawd’s green Earth did this happen? The greatest nation … [Read more...]