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Michael S. Robinson Sr.
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- News, Opinion July 2, 2025
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Jeff Bezos’ fancy Italian wedding still looks miserly next to his outrageous wealth.
Taking a Gander
- Back in the 1990s and early 2000s, all five of my children married. Though I had been successful in my business ventures, no observer could have ever complained that I had been excessive in helping to pay for those memorable events.
- News, Opinion June 25, 2025
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America demonstrated against kings, but Trump is already ruling by decree.
Taking a Gander
- Donald J. Trump is busy digging America’s grave. Any illusions that America is the banner-carrier of freedom are giving way to the reality of the Trump Idiocracy and the understanding that if there really is a hell, Donald Trump will be there. Despite the prayers of his worshipful Christian-Right puppeteers and mournful sycophants, that place down-under will be his final Mar-a-Lago.
- News, Opinion June 18, 2025
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Utah’s Mike Lee has changed from a choir boy to a MAGA buffoon.
Taking a Gander
- You know the saying: “A leopard doesn’t change its spots.” Generally, that statement is one of universal truth. Sadly, Utah is being forced to reconcile the fact that one of its shining stars wasn’t really so shiny at all.
- News, Opinion June 11, 2025
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The failure of American democracy is scientifically predictable.
Taking a Gander
- There’s only one thing that we know for sure, and that is that there’s absolutely nothing that we can be sure about.
- News, Opinion June 4, 2025
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“War” is no longer the right word for what Israel is doing in Gaza.
Taking a Gander
- It happened on October 7, 2023. The world was shocked by the story—how in a concerted, well-planned surprise attack, Hamas had kidnapped 251 hostages and killed over 1,200 innocent Israelis, mostly young revelers who only wanted to attend a music festival.
- News, Opinion May 28, 2025
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A fairy tale for Americans and their sorry-assed Trump enablers.
Taking a Gander
- Once upon a time, in the shadowed kingdom of Veridia, King Malakor reigned with an iron fist. His decrees were cruel, his taxes crushing, all to fund his opulent lifestyle while his people starved.
- News, Opinion May 21, 2025
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POS—A new acronym for Donald Trump that finally makes sense.
Taking a Gander
- When I’d finished my morning toilet duties, I surveyed the contents of the bowl. It was no surprise—nothing so really different than every other time, though I did notice that the color was off a bit. As I pressed the flush button, I heard a desperate call. “Help!” pleaded the voice, “It’s me, Donald, your president.”
- News, Opinion May 14, 2025
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As Trump escalates, more and more Americans will face a test of patriotism.
Taking a Gander
- If Donald Trump is allowed to use Supreme Ruler-style extortion and fear as the primary tools of “leadership,” America may well become one of those “shithole” nations that he’s always loved to insult.
- News, Opinion May 7, 2025
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King? Pope? Donald Trump is America’s own Walter Mitty.
Taking a Gander
- Don’t be surprised if you start seeing AI-generated photos of Donald Trump on the cross at Calvary, or if, at press conferences, he starts inviting Fox News reporters to inspect his scars. That would be Trump’s most blatant attempt to make himself appear important and relevant.
- News, Opinion April 30, 2025
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The late Pope Francis stood apart as a Christian leader willing to condemn international atrocities.
Taking a Gander
- Monday morning, April 28, 2025. Hopefully everybody’s heard the unsettling daily news and fully appreciated the great compassion of our world leaders. All have chimed-in, on a united front, over the tragic terrorist violence in Pahalgam, India, condemning the attack in which 26 people—mostly tourists—died.
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