Missing the Point – President Trump Owes the World, and America in Particular, an Apology
It’s bad enough that President Trump lies so often that there’s no longer any way to know when he’s telling the truth.
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Les Cohen is a long-term Marylander, having grown up in Annapolis. Professionally, he writes and edits materials for business and political clients from his base of operations in Columbia, Maryland. He has a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Economics. Leave a comment or feel free to send him an email to [email protected].
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Missing the Point – ‘The Art of the Steal’
There’s an expression in business… “Never write a check with your mouth that your tush can’t cash.” That’s where President Trump and Republicans in Congress find themselves. The “check” I’m talking about are Trump’s tariffs.
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Missing the Point – An Open Letter to the People of Denmark and Greenland
With his second term barely underway, he’s already talking about how he might game our system to run for a third term – even though our Constitution limits Presidents to just two terms. He’s delusional. As a citizen, and the same is no doubt true for our allies, his Presidency is difficult to watch.
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Missing the Point – Vulgar Times
We’ve turned against our allies in favor of imitating a Russian dictator and despot. What’s the difference between our seizing control of Greenland and Canada against their will and what Putin is doing to Ukraine?
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Missing the Point – President Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’
The point of President Trump’s head-spinning, “flooding the zone” strategy is to move so fast in so many different directions that he can exceed the ability of the courts and opposition in Congress to stop him.
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Missing the Point – A Plan for the Democrats to Consider
The Democrats in Congress, in both the House and Senate, seem to be flailing about – like the flubby-doodle man we see at car dealerships, arms and legs going which way and that.
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Missing the Point – ‘Grand Theft Government’
President Donald Trump, our country’s Liar-in-Chief, has promised certain of our nation’s wealthiest individuals very substantial tax savings in return for their having helped fund his re-election. Who knows how much these tax savings will benefit the President and his family personally?
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It’s time, Democrats in Congress, to hold the Trump budget hostage
President Donald Trump is out of control and needs to be reminded, without further delay, that we have three co-equal branches of government before he does any more irreparable harm to our country and the free world.
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Hypothetically Speaking, Suppose Russia Invaded Alaska
The Ukrainian people have been fighting and dying for three years to send what should be a universal message to Vladamir Putin: Don’t invade and steal property from a free and sovereign nation just because you think that you can get away with it.
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President of the United States, No Longer Leader of the Free World
President Donald Trump made it official yesterday with the ample support of his Vice President, JD Vance. He and the
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