Tea and Vitriol

July 4, 2026, is the 250th anniversary of the Second Continental Congress adopting the Declaration of Independence, which broke with the United Kingdom and ended its dominion over the 13 American colonies. It is, therefore, America's 250th birthday. Yet, as an American, I cannot get worked up about it. I am old enough to remember the Bicentennial. We had just survived the nightmares of the Vietnam War and President Nixon's Watergate scandal, which almost destroyed America and brought the Nixon regime crashing down in ruins. However, the Bicentennial helped put that behind us. It was a celebration of America and Americans, with festivities across our nation celebrating that fact, televised so that people who could not be present would be able to witness them, both here and abroad. The Bicentennial reaffirmed our national pride, illustrating to the world that we had stood on the brink of utter chaos and destruction, only to come back stronger and more united than ever. Even the p...

It is no secret that the increasingly erratic behavior of The Donald has caused the world to question his mental state. Frankly, it looks as though he has gone off the deep end. Yes, we all knew he was a megalomaniac and a narcissist. And we all excused his regular outbursts and vulgarity with "That's just The Donald being The Donald," But his behavior has gone way past that now. He has become an embarrassment to all but the most rabid MAGA cultists. The sad fact is that The Donald's election in 2024 offered so many of us the hope that he would keep his campaign promises and reverse the national humiliation caused by the corrupt Biden regime. And for one brief, gaudy hour it looked as though he would. But that never came to pass, and he breached faith with most Americans who trusted him and voted for him. He pissed off our allies, engaged in two wars against Iran at Israel's request, engaged in activities against Venezuela in violation of international law and cau...