Mike WeisserCan ‘Teflon Don’ Trump Beat the Rap?Remember a New York gangster named John Gotti? He was the head of the Gambino crime family who beat both New York State and the Feds in…·4 min read·4 hours ago----
Mike WeisserThink That Racism Has Disappeared? Think Again.All this talk about how white men used to be in charge and are now losing out to non-whites may be the basic campaign narrative of Donald…·3 min read·13 hours ago--1--1
Mike WeisserDo The Current Political Polls Mean All That Much?One of the digital media outlets just ran a story about recent polls which show Joe slightly behind Trump but seemingly not in the…·4 min read·1 day ago--5--5
Mike WeisserCan Trump Drain the ‘Swamp?’I was born in Washington, D.C. in 1944 and we lived in the Northwest part of the city from 1950 until Dad took a job in New York, and we…·4 min read·1 day ago--1--1
Mike WeisserTrump Isn’t Just a Former President. He’s Also a Dumb Schmuck.I’ve been listening to ‘Is Trump a Fascist?’ argument for the past couple of years and contributing my own comments to the debate as well.·4 min read·2 days ago--9--9
Mike WeisserAre ‘Violent’ Campus Demonstrations So Violent?There’s a virtual research organization out there called Armed Conflict Location and Events Data (ACLED) which I have consulted multiple…·3 min read·3 days ago--1--1
Mike WeisserIs America Also Fighting in Gaza?If you were asked to identify the U. S. President considered to be the most important President by Israelis, you would probably name Harry…·4 min read·3 days ago----
Mike WeisserHow Come Trump Isn’t Worried About Going to Jail?The last time someone ran for President from a jail cell was in 1920, when Eugene Debs was the national candidate for the Socialist Party…·4 min read·4 days ago--5--5
Mike WeisserDoes Policing the Internet Threaten Free Speech?Yesterday I had my first experience with the efforts of Big Tech to police content on social media sites so as to maintain some kind of…·4 min read·4 days ago----