This is one of my favorite “Famous Common People I Have Known” stories (available at Amazon) about a man who personified the turned-up-nose imagry we are seeing once again in this new election cycle. It never seems to change, and until…
Author: vassar
In Defense of the Justified Bloody Nose
You know the news story of the Trump supporter who sucker-punched a Trump rally protester. Actually it was more of a sucker-forearm shiver to the chops, which makes more sense inasmuch as the puncher was 75 and the punchee was a…
The Most Important Truth About Donald Trump
…is that almost everything said about Donald Trump is actually about something else. Several weeks ago I began what turned out to be a series on Donald Trump, when I suggested that Ted Cruz should let Donald Trump go first, if for no other…


