"For some, there is a comfort in sameness." Kellyanne Conway, Counsel to President-Elect Donald J. Trump
December 28, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
If done right, arrogance can be an art form. And John Kerry knows how to do it right.
This week he was at it again, this time haranguing and lecturing Israel on how they do it wrong.
The 70-minute speech was designed to defend Obama's indefensible abstention ...
"The worst thing that can happen in a democracy, as well as in an individual's life, is to become cynical about the future and lose hope." Hillary Clinton
December 21, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
Just because it happens, doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.
Every year, Miss America has to turn her crown over to the new Miss America. That can't be easy.
CEO's of corporations retire, and have to hand over the company boo...
"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against." Malcolm X
December 14, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
Martin Sheen thinks he's still in the West Wing.
He and a posse of faded "celebrities" put out a "Dump Trump" ad, bless their little hearts. It was addressed to the Republican electors who will cast their final vote for their states on Dec. 19.
Sheen's vigilante...
"People focus on role models. It is more effective to find anti-models, people you don't want to resemble when you grow up." Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Lebanese-American Essayist and Financial Risk Analyst
December 7, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
Hillary is right. Who the heck wants "fake news." Nobody, that's who! It's dangerous, it's nasty, unfair and Congress ought to pass laws to stomp it out.
That's what Hillary said at Harry...
"We are the nation that won two world wars, that dug out the Panama Canal, that put a man on the moon and satellites all over space. But somewhere along the way we started thinking small. I'm asking you to dream big again, and bold and daring things for our country will happen once again." President-Elect Donald Trump, Cincinnati, December 1, 2016
"You can roll around in a pile of dead fish, but you have to accept the consequences." Really Important Stuff My Dog Taught Me, Cynthia L. Copeland
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." George Bernard Shaw
November 9, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons, Esq.
It was historic, but after the votes were in, the same ol' players still played the same ol' way.
Martha Raddatz cried on air.
Whoopi, Cher and Barbra were stunned. They never thought they'd have to make good on their threat to leave the country.
Ro...
"We're workin' our jobs, collect our pay. Believe we're gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away." Paul Simon
November 2, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons, Esq.
Even the people who should like Hillary don't like her.
We know Michelle and Barack don't. There are even books about it.
But Barry and Michelle Ma Belle took to the campaign trail for her anyway, hauling Jay-Z and Beyoncé along to per...
"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country. But he who stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." Thomas Paine, The Crisis, The pamphlet was read to the troops before the Battle of Trenton
October 26, 2016
By: Linda Case Gibbons
They've got it all wrong.
Anthony Weiner isn't the villain. Neither i...