It’s worse than that — In June, 2018 William Barr sent an unsolicited, 20-page memo to the Department of Justice deriding the special counsel’s investigation into Donald Trump’s many efforts to work with Russian operatives so as to rig an election. At that moment, Trump knew he had his man to replace Jeff Sessions as…

And how to respond to them — “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” (But people with guns kill lots more people than do people without guns.) “Blaming guns for shooting deaths is like blaming Rosie O’ Donnell’s spoon because she’s fat.” (I use a spoon the same way Rosie O’ Donnell does but I’m not fat…

We were good back when…not any longer — Several years ago, back during the Obama administration, I got into the habit of tangling with local right-wing nitwits and numbskulls in the comments under various articles in my local paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer. …

His fellow conservatives are even making John Roberts angry — When Justices go so far right that they anger a Chief Justice who has shown himself to be willing to toss the Constitution aside for partisan purposes, we know things are getting out of hand. What is The “Shadow Docket”? The Court’s use of the “shadow docket” has been controversial. The shadow docket is the…

When the ratings are low, the media go lower — Think back, for a moment, and try to recall the policy advances made by the Republicans during the two years that they controlled all three policy-making branches of the federal government. There was the tax bill. There was a failed effort to repeal the ACA. There was that wall that…

Rural voters cast ballots for Republicans; Republicans don’t return the favor — In the the last election, just over 10,000 voters cast ballots in the presidential race in Dunklin County Missouri. More than 8,000 of those voters cast their ballots for Trump while 2,100 votes were tallied for Joe Biden. …

And Progressives don’t get to go to the sidelines even if it is — Back in the bad old days of the previous administration, I encountered any number of Facebook posts, tweets, and comments under articles along the lines of “I’ve had it…I’m leaving the country.” We’ve all seen them. Some of us might have been guilty of posting such defeatist prose ourselves. I…

It starts with assessing your present Communication culture. — A month (or so) ago, I introduced a series on managing culture change that will provide managers with tactics to effectively work with eight levers of culture to create a culture that provides a strong foundation for sustainable strategic advantage. …

Biden is working to give liberals everything we asked for. So why are we saying he’s a failure? — Take a moment to imagine what the country is like today if Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensburger finds Trump’s 11,000 votes. There are no discussions about why a Democratic Senate can’t pass an infrastructure or a voting rights bill. There are no efforts to get the Senate Parliamentarian to…