by Tony Wyman Donald Trump’s Act Is As Washed Up As Andrew Dice Clay’s Humor Donald Trump got to the White House by insulting his political opponents and shocking the American people into believing he was something new, disruptive and refreshing. Unfortunately for the president in 2020, that act has lost its punch; people […]
by Richard Cameron A broad swath of the royalty of the music industry find (impeached) president Donald Trump, his policies and his messaging to the country, reprehensible and toxic. As such, whenever they and their families discover he has been featuring their music at a campaign event, they are quick to denounce it and call […]
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind In early 2011, I had the pleasure of hearing William Kamkwamba speak. His book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind [co-authored with Bryan Mealer], had been selected as the Tacoma Reads Together, a community-wide event where everyone reads the same book. In 2019, Kamkwamba’s incredible story […]
Federalism And Leadership During The Coronavirus Crisis It would be difficult to imagine America as anything but a federation, we invented the concept after all, and all democracies over 100 million in population are federal in their governing structure. Donald Trump is both a product of, and an enemy of, functional federalism, and […]
by Richard Cameron Things we hate. Things that suck. Things that are annoying. Things we like. Things we love. I proposed to the writers on our staff to share with you things that they disliked or despised, things that they applauded and enjoyed for 2019 and things they already think stink for this […]
Writer’s Lounge 11/7/2019 Considerable hay has been made about the capture by Democrats in Virginia of both state houses in the Virginia General Assembly for the first time since 1994 – and there is plenty of hay to be made of that. Then there is the more than likely win of Democratic Attorney General […]
by Tony Wyman There is a young man I know named Jack who lives in a small town in Ohio. He’s the longtime boyfriend of one of my favorite kids, Morgan, a tiny, perpetually-tanned, explosion of smiles and energy who seems to be one of the happiest people on the planet. And Jack is a […]
Well, time for a Friday Writer’s Lounge. Hope you will say TGIWL (Thank God it’s Writer’s Lounge). And then again, on second thought, maybe we shouldn’t blame Him for this. Thank Goodness for Writer’s Lounge? We could go for that. First up, we have news about a new partnership we’re excited about. National Compass […]
by Richard Cameron Joker This Sunday, my son and I attended a screening of “Joker” at the Theatre Box, part of the Sugar Factory complex in San Diego’s Gaslamp District. More about them, in a moment. Don’t worry, I’m not taking a 12 year old to an “R” rated film – he’s […]
by Tony Wyman After two years and almost 10 months of watching Donald Trump humiliate the United States, make a mockery of our institutions and traditions, and treat the rule of law like he treats his porn star girlfriends, you might think this White House is as bad as it can get. Unfortunately, you’d be […]
