Many Americans have never experienced what is happening in the country now and so they are watching and reading the news of the collapse of Donald Trump’s presidency with a mix of amusement, excitement, bewilderment, and just plain wonder.  But for those of us old enough to have lived through the Watergate scandal, what is […]

              “He’s a low-information voter who became president.” -Jon Favreau, former Obama speech writer on Donald Trump               If you are still a Trump supporter, and the polls say there are still a lot of you out there, you must be getting your news from somewhere other than traditional news sources.  But how silly of […]

Anton Chekhov’s encapsulation of human drama in “The Seagull” has long been considered a classic depiction of how miserable human beings can make themselves and each other over matters of love and intimacy.  It is one of those plays that you read in awe as a college student and then hope to see performed as […]

              In the days leading up to his 100th day in office, Donald Trump was either poo-pooing the significance of that benchmark or claiming that he had set a record for accomplishments as president over that period.  The truth, which, as always, he missed by a wide mark, is something else entirely.               The first […]