Month: March 2016

Trump’s Louisiana Complaint Timeline Friday, March 24th Wall Street Journal (WSJ): Donald Trump beat Sen. Ted Cruz earlier this month in Louisiana’s Republican presidential primary by 3.6 percentage points, but the Texan may wind up with as many as 10 more delegates from the state than the businessman. The Trump campaign’s first problem is in the… Continue reading Trump’s Louisiana Complaint: No Mulligan for Relief (March 30, 2016)

Republican voters held primaries in Arizona and Utah on March 22nd.* These two states make up 2/3 of what we can call the I Formation Triple Red Primary in the Mountain West. The third player is Idaho which held its Republican primary election on March 8th. History & Origin of the I Formation Triple Red… Continue reading Trump: I Formation Triple Red Primary (March 23, 2016)

Conservative columnist David Brooks writes in the New York Times today: No, Not Trump, Not ever. The article title mirrors this blog’s central theme, even if Brooks uses a slightly more up market phrasing. Brooks is vexed. He takes himself to task. He eats some crow. He respects the voter’s intentions. He questions the choice… Continue reading Trump: Happy Gilmore Rhyme Attack (March 18, 2016)

John Glover Roberts has been the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court since September 29, 2005. He just passed his 10th anniversary in the job. During his televised confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he was sworn in by Committee Chairman Senator Arlen Spector (Pennsylvania) to answer questions from the committee members. SPECTER: Judge… Continue reading Trump: The Roberts (JG) & Ryan (PD) Show (March 17, 2016)

On March 15th, Republican and Democratic primaries were held in five populous states: Florida, Illinois, Ohio, North Carolina, and Missouri. The results serve as a kind of MegaPoll of the state of the races at the primary campaign half-time, but with millions of actual votes. These five states have 92 electoral votes between them, and… Continue reading Trump: Ides of March (March 16, 2016)

It’s no state secret that Donald Trump was a boy with a bad temper and a mean streak in school. He attended a private prep school in Queens, NY named Kew-Forest School where his father happened to be a member of the Board of Directors. Jerome Tuccille’s book Trump; The Saga of America’s Most Powerful… Continue reading A Childhood Bully Grows Older (March 14, 2016)

When I was growing up and my sister or I did something naughty that was blindingly obvious, and then proceeded to deny it outright, my mother would (frequently, suppressing a laugh) give us a finger wag, a stern look, and a serious morality lesson, telling us about Mr. Nobody. Mr. Nobody I know a funny… Continue reading Trump and Mr. Nobody (March 13, 2016)

A Psalm of King David (10)  More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.   (11)  Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.   (12)  Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from… Continue reading Words More Precious Than Gold (March 11, 2016)

Drawn From Today’s Headlines: My grandfather came to this country as a immigrant when he was 16, and didn’t speak any English. He came here on a boat to join his sister, who had already immigrated. He changed his name, learned English, and moved across the country. He made some money and moved to Canada.… Continue reading My Own Immigration Story (March 9, 2016)