OPINION

The return of the Yos! and Oys! – plus a new addition.

— B. Jay Cooper occasionally hands out awards for Yos! and Oys!, celebrating those individuals who do good deeds (Yo!) and bad ones (Oy!). The Committee on Yos! and Oys! meets when it feels like it.

OPINION

Last week the Axis Of Autocracy was consummated.

— If Donald Trump is elected President in 2024, none of the world’s democracies will be safe or protected from China’s or Russia’s forced attempts to convert democracies to autocracies.

Donald Trump

How the FBI knew what to search for at Mar-a-Lago – and why the Presidential Records Act is an essential tool for future historians.

— A presidential scholar sets the history and context for the battle over President Trump’s official records – and says it isn’t the first records battle between the government and a former president.

Donald Trump

New photos suggest how Trump, flush with power, may have sent official documents down the toilet.

— Photos showing what appear to be torn-up documents in two different toilets may provide more evidence of the former president’s habit of destroying his presidential documents.

OPINION

No bullsh*t, no exaggeration... American democracy becomes American autocracy in 2023.

— Right around this time next year, from June 2023 thru July 2023, the greatest, most successful, and freest exercise of self-government, American democracy, will constitutionally end.

OPINION

I believe her. Mostly.

— I don’t believe Cassidy Hutchinson intentionally lied on the stand, at all. I believe she testified honestly to what she knows first-hand and to what she heard second-hand.

OPINION

Abortion. Complicated? Or not?

— The U.S. Supreme Court throwing out the precedent-setting Roe v. Wade ruling obviously draws strong feelings on both sides of the issue.

OPINION

U.S. gun violence – We have to make it stop.

— Rank-and-file Americans, most Democrats in Congress and a handful of Senate Republicans support some form of common-sense gun control. But nothing ever gets passed.

OPINION

Democracy is threatened in many ways.

— As the headlines keep bouncing us from right to left and upside down, maybe confusing us in so many ways, there are some things we need to remain focused on – our Constitutional rights.

OPINION

A democratic fix for an increasingly autocratic Supreme Court.

— The U.S. Supreme Court operates with little to no regulatory check on its authority. Time for the Congress to restore democracy to the highest court in the land.

War in Ukraine

The Ukraine War shouldn’t make Americans more appreciative or grateful.

— Why be grateful and appreciative for the undemocratic obstacles that prevent some American citizens from voting and lower the bar for what true democracy is?

Open Letter

An open letter to Tucker Carlson.

— On the man who Fox News’ lawyers admit he doesn’t know what he is talking about, doesn’t tell the truth – and anyway, his employers don’t even expect him to.

OPINION

Are Trump’s followers standing back and ready again?

— His followers who do take every word the former President speaks to heart, likely would follow his direction and take to the streets if he’s accused of a crime, real or imagined.

OPINION

President Biden. A ‘meh’ first year?

— Last week marked President Biden’s first year in office. How’s it going so far?

OPINION

Thoughts on a dreadful year.

— Some thoughts on US politics as we wind down 2021.

COMMENT

85 minutes as president – Kamala Harris’ place in history.

— Kamala Harris became the first woman to formally assume the powers of the presidency... for 85 minutes, while Joe Biden underwent a routine examination.