The Manhattan Criminal Courthouse where the hush-money election interference trial took place. Photograph by Ajay Suresh.
What’s the old saying about a person representing himself having a fool for a client? Now that the “trial of the century” is over, former President Donald J. Trump has been convicted on 34 counts related to election interference and the postmortem is in full swing, about the only thing that hasn’t been discussed is how Trump’s narcissistic approach to life — deny, deny deny; attack, attack, attack — cost him any chance of a hung jury or even victory.
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Read MoreThe Temple of Literature in Hanoi.
Don’t kill those Nobel Peace Prize hopes just yet.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is eager for talks to resume between President Donald J. Trumpet and North Korean Supreme Leader “L’il Kim” Jong un and pointed to the cancellation of U.S.-South Korean military exercises as an act of good faith. If I were Moon, however, I wouldn’t hold my breath.
Read MoreStudy for Norman Rockwell’s “Murder in Mississippi,” an illustration that accompanied a June 29, 1965 Look magazine article about the June 21, 1964 murders of three civil rights workers in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Photograph by Louie Lamone. From the Norman Rockwell Museum.
If you’re a blogger, these are boon times. Every day seems to bring a fresh controversy, a breaking news story.
Read MoreMichael Ramirez’s spot-on take on Tariff Man as seen on Vox.
The day after President Donald J. Trump was elected, I, along with scores of others, hopped on a conference call with leaders of my brokerage firm to assess whither we were going in this brave new world. There were the usual attempts to reassure — the exhortations to stay the course, the discussion of the glories of diversification, the view that things might not be so bad after all. And though shocked global markets dropped, a lot, in the immediate aftermath, the worst never happened. At least, not immediately.
Read MoreFrom left to right: Michael Cohen, President Donald J. Trump and Michael Cohen as they appeared on money.cnn.com.
It’s hard to tell which movie we’re watching nowadays. Is it “All the President’s Men,” with some speaking of President Donald J. Trumpet as an “unindicted co-conspirator,” implicated by former personal lawyer Michael Cohen in payoffs to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal to influence the election? Is it “The Godfather,” with Donnie Two Scoops speaking of former campaign manager Paul “Paulie Smart Suits” Manafort as if he were a loyal capo (as opposed to that weasel Cohen)?
Read MoreLet me make one thing perfectly clear: Trump did not have sex with that women, Miss Lewinsky, er, Daniels.
Until he did.
But he didn’t pay her. No, sirree, his lawyer Michael Cohen did. But Trump reimbursed him.
Then again, maybe not.
Folks, you might as well go to your local ballpark and buy a scorecard, because you’re going to need it to sort out this one. …
Read MoreThe House Republicans are about to release their findings on Russkiegate and, shock of all shocks, they say there’s no collusion between President Donald J. Trumpet and Russkie Prez Vladimir “Vlad the Lad, Rootin’, Tootin’” Putin.
Given that intelligence committee chair Devin Nunes was basically a lap dog for Trumpet – running over to the White House and hiding in the bushes with fake charges about the Obama administration’s conspiracy against the Trumpet campaign – this was always a foregone conclusion.
Meanwhile, Robert Mueller’s investigation, which apparently has bigger fish to fry than obstruction of justice charges against Donnie Two Scoops, continues to go on its methodical way.
Regardless, I’ve never thought Russkiegate was going to bring The Donald down. Rather, it has always been about the two Ws – Wall Street and women. ...
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