Juneau Looking around the small, pretty Alaskan capitol of Juneau, a first-timer like myself comes to the shorthand conclusion that tourism and state government in the capitol is the engine driving the city. A couple of days of meetings remind you that first appearances don’t tell you everything you need to know. In the bigger-than-Texas …
Month: October 2016
Shutting Down the Locker Room Forever
Juneau The Trump defense for groping and sexual assault seems to be, “hey, that’s what men do.” His rationale for the taped clips that have emerged is equally offensive. There was no apology, simply a rationalization, where he is essentially arguing that what he was caught saying a decade ago is simply “locker room” talk …
Calling All Mugwumps to Desert Trump
Seattle The day’s papers told the story of Donald Trump’s self-inflected political barn burning pretty well. Here’s a sampling: From Steven Law, a Mitch McConnell acolyte now running Crossroads America PAC: “The Republican Party is caught in a theater fire; people are running to different exits as fast as they can.” From comedian Jena Friedman: …