Commentary: Wait till Next Year
By Richard Eber, California Political News and Views When I was growing up and the baseball and football seasons ended, the teams I rooted for never won a championship. To sooth my disappointment my Dad always told me “wait till next year” This counseling was enough to obliterate the blues as life moved on. This […]
Why We’re So Lucky that Donald Trump is the Most Unreasonable President in U.S. History
. By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In one of my recent columns, I talked about the value of being unreasonable. The premise of that column was based on a quote from British playwright George Bernard Shaw: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable man adapts the world to himself; therefore, all progress […]
Commentary: 50 Years of Rage; The White Working Class
. By Richard Colman, California Political News and Views, If one has to pick a date for the collapse of the Franklin Roosevelt coalition, that date should be Nov. 5, 1968, the date on which Richard Nixon was elected president of the United States. The Roosevelt coalition consisted of laborers, big-city bosses, the South, ethnic […]
Cowardly City Council | Ventura City Council Says “Uncle!”
By Deborah Baber Savalla | The views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily of Citizens Journal Ventura City Voters, please repeat after me (and your City Council): “Uncle! I give up!” On September 6, 2017 the Ventura City Council received a letter from the law office of Robert Rubin. Mr. Rubin […]
The Value in Being Unreasonable
. By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Paraphrasing my buddy, British playwright George Bernard Shaw, “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable man adapts the world to himself; therefore, all progress is dependent upon the unreasonable man.” Jesus Christ was unreasonable enough to think that by challenging the social and class norms […]
The Third 100 Days (Trump Briefs: Sept. 23-29/Day 247-253) Week 36
By Michael Hernandez Saturday, Sept. 23 (Day 247): Trump criticizes NFL for ‘justifying disrespect’ President Donald Trump sharply criticized National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell for “justifying” the “disrespect” that NFL players show to the United States as a result of protests held during the playing of the national anthem. “Tell them to stand!” […]
The Russia-Blamers Think You’re Stupid
by Thomas L. Knapp “Russian operatives used Facebook ads to exploit America’s racial and religious divisions,” the Washington Post claims in a September 25 headline. Over at The Daily Beast, Dean Obeidallah explains “How Russian Hackers Used My Face to Sabotage Our Politics and Elect Trump.” And US Senator James Lankford (R-OK) […]
Echoes of Reagan: Trump’s UN Speech vs. America’s Enemies (and Their Allies)
By Mike Smith In a rare display of public honesty, Iran’s Islamic supremacists have criticized President Trump as being “like Ronald Reagan.” Let’s see what the ‘never’ and anti-Trumpers have to say about that! Let’s wait with baited breath, shall we? Whatever form the responses are taking, the Trump agenda is vindicated. To […]
Lack of Perspective: A Death Knell Worth Losing
By Mike Smith For the Trump voters, it’s critical we understand what we voted for and why. For the non-Trump voters, it’s just as critical that the same be understood. President Trump is a bull in the D.C. china shop—this is ultimately what he was sent to Washington to be. And his harsh […]
YOU’RE FIRED! Trump’s VA Terminates 500, Suspends 200 For Misconduct
By Luke Rosiak Five hundred and forty-eight Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees have been terminated since President Donald Trump took office, indicating that his campaign pledge to clean up “probably the most incompetently run agency in the United States” by relentlessly putting his TV catch phrase “you’re fired” into action was more than just empty rhetoric. Another […]
