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THE PUBLIC EYE:All The President’s Men: John Bolton

Bob Burnett
Friday May 18, 2018 - 04:20:00 PM

The Trump Administration is so dreadful they've made the George W. Bush Administration seem almost acceptable in comparison. Dubya was also a dummy but at least he wasn't a racist bully. And Dubya surrounded himself with folks that had some connection to mainstream American foreign policy: Condoleezza Rice and Stephen Hadley. Trump's first National Security Adviser was crazy Michael Flynn; now it's equally crazy John Bolton. -more-


ON MENTAL ILLNESS: So, Where is That Free Lunch, Anyway?

Jack Bragen
Friday May 18, 2018 - 04:49:00 PM

Nope, I am not compiling a list of free food places for this week's column. I am writing of the fact that you will get what you pay for. I am not speaking of retail, either, in which often you do not get what you paid for. I am speaking of recovery and doing well. -more-


ECLECTIC RANT:Open letter to Dick Cheney

Ralph E. Stone
Friday May 18, 2018 - 04:28:00 PM

Mr. former Vice President— or Dick if you don’t mind — I was greatly disturbed to hear that you endorsed Gina Haspel or “Bloody Gina” as she has been affectionately called, for Director of the CIA, and your call to restart the use of torture, or as you once euphemistically called torture, “enhanced interrogation techniques.” -more-