Kudos to Colin Kaepernick, who has been named GQ magazine’s “Citizen of the Year.” He’s a reminder, though, that the path to activism and humanitarianism isn’t always paved with glory. I’m sure he’d rather have a job in the NFL. I’m sure he’d rather not be vilified.
But we don’t always get to choose our circumstances. Sometimes they are chosen for us. What matters is how we react to them. And what we do with them. ...
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Is there any man left in America who hasn’t groped, assaulted or raped some girl/boy/woman?
From Capitol Hill to Hollywood, they’re dropping like proverbial flies. The latest to drop – Democratic Sen. Al Franken, who apologized – awkwardly to say the least – for groping a woman in 2006.
Question: What is the difference between a Democratic assaulter and a Republican? No, it’s not a setup for a joke. ...
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“What a week,” Robert Costa, moderator of PBS’ “Washington Week,” sometimes begins his broadcast. But really, he could just say that every week. Another mass shooting. Another celebrity – or 10 – accused of sexual harassment. Puerto Rico still mainly without power. It’s sort of like an evil “Groundhog Day.” ...
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Democrats swept the New Jersey and Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races in Tuesday’s election, which is the best news we’ve had politically in a long time. The day began depressingly enough with more revelations about Texas shooter Devin Kelley and the litany of those abused at his hands – spouse, child, pet, superiors – that had somehow eluded national data bases thanks to the negligence of the U.S. Air Force.
You know what that tells me? ...
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Well, after a big week of two indictments and one arrest in Robert S. Mueller III’s Russkie investigation, quelle ironie: President Donald J. Trump will be meeting with President Vladimir Putin during Trumpet’s big “if it’s Tuesday, it must be Vietnam” Asia swing this week.
Oh, to be a fly on that wall. No, really, to be a fly on that wall. Donnie and Vladdie tend to meet with no one but interpreters, the better to look under their eyes at each another and say breathlessly, “It’s an honor to see you again, Mr. President.” Cue the theme of “Brokeback Mountain.”
Or should we cue Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball”? ...
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The year 2017 isn’t quite over, but I think it’s fair to say that it has been the year of the “C” word.
Collusion. (Wait, what did you think I meant?) You hear it applied to the Russkie investigation. And you hear it applied to the NFL owners’ possible blackballing of Colin Kaepernick over his National Anthem protest. The latest is that Kaepernick’s attorney has subpoenaed the phone records and emails of certain key owners. I for one can’t see what good this will do. Collusion – the legal term would be conspiracy – is difficult to prove. ...
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Say who?
Sayfullo Saipov. He now joins the long list of terrorists, mass murderers, assassins and dictators who are part of what I call “the literature of rejection.”
The terrorist who mowed down 20 on a Manhattan bike path, killing eight and injuring 12 on Halloween, is yet another man – it’s virtually always a man – with a disproportionate rage at rejection. ...
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