A Different Washington

August 30, 2024 Catching up     I haven’t written anything since May 30, largely because I haven’t been able to read or listen to anything a...

May 30, 2024 Democracy as problem and solution Recently I reread The Daughter of Time; by mystery novelist Josephine Tey.  Her detective, Al...

April 15, 2024 The Trump enigma The support for Donald Trump always has been a mystery to me.  His grasp of issues never was firm and he see...

March 13, 2024 Is Trump fading?  (episode four) I have suggested several times[1] that Trump’s appeal to voters might be fading.  I may  hav...

December 31, 2023 A dangerous situation     Republicans refuse to support gun-control laws, pretending with the confused and doctrinaire Sup...

October 16, 2023 Whither the Court A rogue, irrational, anti-democratic Republican Party is bad enough; a politicized Supreme Court may be w...

September 22, 2023 The house is crumbling             Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided      ...