by Peter Simon | Apr 6, 2017 | Politics |
New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Nicholas Krystof indulged in a bit of rank heresy this morning, suggesting in a short piece that perhaps the time had come for The Resistance to offer an olive branch and — gasp! — be nice to Trump voters. Not make peace...
by Peter Simon | Mar 14, 2017 | Culture |
David Brooks of the Times recently wrote an interesting review of his friend Rod Dreher’s book, The Benedictine Option. The Robert Ludlumesque title is no indicator of the content within, which is a rehash of Oswald Spengler’s contention nearly a century...
by Peter Simon | Feb 27, 2017 | Culture, Politics |
After a month of being insulted morning, noon and night by the American press, President Donald J. Trump celebrated his first month in office by holding a press conference in which he gave back as good as he got. The press scurried to their word processors to report...
by Peter Simon | Jan 28, 2017 | Politics |
What is Trump going to replace Obamacare with? Speculation is rife, and Trump’s many foes are cackling. True, even Bill Clinton, as the height of his wife’s campaign, called Obamacare “the craziest thing in the world…” But calling it...
by Peter Simon | Oct 9, 2016 | Culture, Ideology, Politics |
A number of newsworthy events happened yesterday. Two involved private events that became public. No doubt you’ve heard of one: eleven years ago, in a private conversation, Donald Trump made a crude remark and used a foul word pertaining to women. (Hint: it looks...
