The Mexico Ultimatum: President Trump last night backed off his threat to impose punishing tariffs on Mexican goods, saying the administration had reached a deal with Mexico to limit the flow of  migrants coming over the southern border.   He said the details …

No Organized Party: The comedian Will Rogers famously said, “I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.” He died in 1935.  Democratic congressional leaders appear to be headed toward an intraparty  clash over bringing impeachment proceedings …

June 6: Today marks 75 years since allied troops landed on the beaches at Normandy to liberate Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany. Politicians delivered lofty speeches to commemorate both the dead and the few still living. When you actually …

London Bridge:President Trump met with British Prime Minister Theresa may yesterday to talk about trade even as the Brits wrestle with exiting the European Union and may is just three days from leaving office.   Trump said that Britain is the biggest …

Locked Out:The Rooney Report has returned to press a day early because the water on the Champlain Canal is high and the locks are closed. Too much water to float a raft or anything else. We’ll try again, but in …

 Tornadoes cut a path of destruction from eastern Kansas through Missouri, ripping out trees and power lines in Lawrence, southwest of Kansas City, and destroying houses in nearby Linwood.    It was the 12thday of what may be a record outbreak …

In the Ring: While President Trump acted as ring master at a Sumo wrestling match in Japan, fellow populists and nationalists made modest gains yesterday in European Union elections.   Politicians who want to diminish the power of the EU gained about …

EternalBlue:For nearly three weeks it’s been impossible in the city of Baltimore to close a real estate deal or deal with a water bill. Government email and voicemail isn’t working. Cyber extortionists have frozen the city’s computer systems and they’re …

The Trumpster Fire:Leaving for Japan yesterday for the ascendance  of their new emperor, President Trump pressed his claim that the Special Counsel investigation “was an attempted coup” and he’s going to have the Justice Department look into it.   He’s doing that …

We’re back and Donald Trump never left. Bad day at Black Rock:After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused him of a cover-up, President Trump stormed out of a meeting with Democratic leaders saying he would not work with them until they …