Volume 269 | No. 2

Mon, Oct 7

2020—The nation is mesmerized during the Vice Presidential debate, as a fly takes a stroll on Mike Pence’s hair. 2016—The Washington Post releases a videotape on which the GOP Presidential candidate brags about grabbing women by their genitals. Hours later, hacked emails of his opponent’s campaign chairman are released. 2004—George W.[MD] Bush and Dick “Dick” Cheney do the bait-and-switch: so what if Saddam didn’t have WMDs—he cheated on oil-for-food. 2001—“Operation Enduring Freedom” begins with the CIA botching the first-ever drone strike; Taliban chief Mullah Omar gets away. 1996—Fox News begins broadcasting mass quantities of insidious swill. 1985—Attorney General Ed “Meese is a Pig” Meese explains …

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Sun, Oct 6

2004—The top U.S. arms inspector in Iraq says there is no evidence Saddam Hussein had tried to manufacture any WMDs after 1991. Oops. 1976—Cubana Flight 455 is bombed over Barbados, killing 73. Everyone suspects CIA-trained Luis Posada Carriles, a Miami resident, is behind it; but the U.S. won’t extradite. 1970—The replacement statue of a cop in Chicago’s Haymarket Square is blown to bits by the Weathermen. 1969—The statue of a cop in Chicago’s Haymarket Square is blown to bits by the Weathermen. 1961—President Kennedy recommends that, in case of nuclear war, American families get ready to live for a while in holes in the ground. …

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Ayotte is Not to be Trusted

Dear Editor: In 2016, when running for a second term as Senator, Kelly Ayotte initially endorsed Donald Trump for President. However, after the release of the “Hollywood Access” tapes and Trump’s disgusting comments about grabbing women by their genitalia, she withdrew her endorsement saying, “But the tapes that were released on Friday, the statements talked about in those tapes and the action talked about in those tapes, are fundamentally different. He is talking about assault on women.” Ms. Ayotte showed some courage and integrity back then, but that was then and this is now. Kelly Ayotte is once again supporting Trump for President. Why is …

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A Declaration of Incredulity

When, in the course of human events, it becomes possible for voters to place in high office a convicted criminal exhibiting florid symptoms of dementia, it behooves those who labor—and occasionally frolic—under the protections of the First Amendment, to scrutinize the person who will assume the office, should the principal become so incapacitated that even CNN and the New York Times no longer ignore his gibbering incoherence. As one might expect, given the person atop the ticket, by offering up Ohio’s junior Senator, Republicans are not sending their best. Their best have already self-deported. In fact, the previous occupant of the position to which JD …

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