Donald Trump’s tax and spending plans would add enormous amounts to the national debt, with some estimates as high as $15 trillion over a decade. But some of his tax cuts stand apart in threatening one of America’s most revered programs, Social Security. They would essentially bankrupt it by 2031. This is not some far-off […]

“Cat Eats Fox” was Matt Drudge’s headline after Kamala Harris’ much touted “interview” with Fox News anchor Bret Baier. It wasn’t really an interview. He whined about her coming in 15 minutes late for a pre-taped interview and then barely let her answer a question before interrupting her, talking over her and generally just playing […]

Long before Donald Trump declared he would run for president, his first political adviser articulated the central idea that has come to define both candidate and campaign. “Hate is a stronger motivator than love,” said Roger Stone in 2008 – and that corrosive outlook is obviously what still drives the Watergate-vintage dirty trickster and pardoned […]

The tricks Donald Trump tried to play on the recent hurricane victims were beyond depraved. Here were people suffering major losses, their lives stopped in a hellscape of tattered roofs, ruined possessions and, in some cases, a pile of debris where their home once stood. And there was Trump making their lives more miserable as […]

Since crossing the Golden Gate Bridge running away from a wrecked home, I’ve taken to life on my own. I come and go as I please. I pursue plans and projects to my heart’s content and can hear myself think. Then when Girlfriend – my cat – came into my life, it seemed complete. The […]