When planning a successful grift it’s important to establish the groundwork well ahead of the main event. No one understands this better than Donald J. Trump — except perhaps, Vladimir Putin.

Some have called Trump a marketing genius — I beg to differ. It’s not genius that makes Trump the…

The current Republican Party is fractured and becoming more so every day. There are those who still adhere to basic conservative values and haven’t lost their ability to reason, but too many fall into the category of conspiracy theorists who love to place blame.

They also have trouble with ambiguity…

We need to invent a new word. We need a word for people who realize there are certain things we’ll never know and who are willing to admit it.

I’m not an atheist — I don’t pretend to know there is no higher power. In fact, it’s obvious there is…

The founding fathers were exceptional — we are not.

Can we please stop pretending Americans are better than everybody else?

Yes, the founding fathers were exceptional human beings, but the American people are not. Some are great, and some are jerks. …

1. Get off Facebook.

Or at least stop reading the news feed. If you can’t bear to cancel your account, at a minimum limit your interactions to people you have met in person (and know they are who they say they are).

They could still be crazy, but at least…

I used to think doctors were infallible.

They’re not. They never were, but they often behave like they are — not the women so much, in my experience, but definitely the men.

Sure, they have medical degrees, so their knowledge of the human body is far greater than mine. …

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today to decide whether to allow the Mississippi law prohibiting abortions after 15 weeks. Chief Justice Roberts appears to believe that “reasonable restrictions” on when abortion is legal may be appropriate.

I beg to differ.

The real issue, rarely acknowledged in the 50-year-old battle…