Creative Commentary
Health Nut
Health Nut by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. I love going to the Oval Office. My uncle, President John F. Kennedy, used to work there and my father, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, would have worked there, too. I felt I had a pretty good chance in 2024 but the Democrats betrayed me, ignoring my warnings about…
Nobel Smooch
Nobel Smooch by Maria Corina Machado machado’s gone but his regime’s still in power and trump doesn’t care my coalition easily beat maduro last election he stole so I’ll place my nobel peace prize in trump’s hot hands hoping he’ll someday help me lead venezuela
Saving Iran
Saving Iran by Reza Pahlavi In the Oval Office, after greeting each other cordially, President Trump and I sat down and he pointed at a stack of papers on his desk and said, “Look at all those articles and intelligence reports about you.” “I hope you enjoyed reading them, Mr. President.” He smiled. “I’ve talked…
Grand Strategy
Grand Strategy by General Douglas MacArthur As the most erudite warrior in the history of my country, and probably the world, I cannot imagine how a dunce like Donald Trump became president of the United States, but I was almost as flabbergasted when my former secretary, Dwight Eisenhower, moved into the White House. I told…
Diplomacy
Diplomacy by Marco Rubio trump doesn’t call me little marco anymore i’m a bad dude secretary of state warning coke-friendly presidents gustavo petro of colombia and claudia sheinbaum of mexico they better watch their asses
Caribbean Crackdown
Caribbean Crackdown by Donald Trump “Is he back in charge in the Philippines?” I ask “No sir. He’s still a prisoner of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.” “Tell him to call me when he’s out of jail. I don’t like talking to losers.” “That’s about what I told him you’d say, but he…
Secretary of War
Secretary of War by Pete Hegseth “Yes sir,” she says, performing a job she’s genetically qualified for. In less than a minute President Trump is on the phone, and I say, “Sir, it’s time we told all our top military officers, in front of the world, that we’re establishing a new warrior ethos. I’ve been…
I Shall Paint
We lived in a big, beautiful house in cold Chicago and my mother sometimes told me, “Ruth, you’re fortunate your father makes a very respectable living and someday you’ll be a lady.” I’d merely nod, grimly I suppose. I already felt I was becoming a lady, albeit a different sort than the society matrons my…
Charlie Kirk and Free Speech
After creeping onto the roof of a one-story building at Utah Valley University, a disturbed young man aimed his high-powered rifle over the crowd and fired a hundred-fifty-yard shot that killed controversial political activist Charlie Kirk and wounded free speech in the United States. Ultra conservatives who championed the telegenic Kirk instantly called for violence…
Joseph Kleitsch at the Easel
I pull in front of the Santa Ana courthouse and tell my wife, “Hurry up and pay the taxes. I’ve got to get back to the studio.” “Don’t you think the world can wait another day for your next painting?” “Maybe, but the bill collector won’t.” “Relax, Joseph,” Edna says, leaning to kiss my cheek…
“Hitler Here” Still Going Strong After 20 Years
About 20 years ago I entered my first book, the biographical novel “Hitler Here,” in the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest, and sold foreign rights to a Czech publisher who translated and published the work, which I just googled and noted it has three reviews and ratings, all five stars. I’m happy to see…
Fascists Trying to Kill Public Broadcasting
Reactionaries terrified of intelligent presentation of the news have cut more than a billion dollars from Public Broadcasting – PBS and NPR – and taken another tragic step to try to drive the nation into darkness, where fascism flourishes. Stand up against this outrage. Millions of you grew up listening to the literate analysis offered…