“In America, anyone can become president. That’s the problem.” — George Carlin, comedian, social commentator 1936–2008 BY RICHARD C. GROSS The Feds are just plain fed up with the garbage flowing from Trump’s ugly untamed juvenile mouth, prompting prosecutors to again ask a federal judge for another gag order to…

DeSantis: ‘Love’s Labor’s Lost’ By Richard C. Gross “Th’ abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.” — William Shakespeare, Brutus in “Julius Caesar,” Act II, Scene I In a summer surprise, the progressive nonprofit magazine Mother Jones put a horror painting on the cover of its latest…

BY RICHARD C. GROSS “For trust not him that hath once broken faith.” — William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth, “Henry VI,” Act IV, Scene 3. Not only did Trump get indicted for the fourth time in five months, but the state of Georgia accused the former president of being a mob…

BY RICHARD C. GROSS “Imagination is the only weapon in the war with reality.” — Lewis Carroll, the Cheshire cat in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” The “American carnage” of a purveyor of lies, fantasy and hate — his campaign strategy for president three times since 2015 — finally has met…

BY RICHARD C. GROSS “Our future does not depend on what the Gentiles will say but on what the Jews will do.” — David Ben-Gurion, first Israeli prime minister, 1955–1963 This is not your father’s Israel. Shortly after Israel’s 75th birthday May 14, the country’s first ultra-conservative coalition government passed…

BY RICHARD C. GROSS “There is nothing but roguery to be found in villainous man.” William Shakespeare, Falstaff in “Henry IV,” Act II, Scene 4 It seems as if it’s all coming apart for the twice indicted, twice impeached Donald John Trump and his supporters in what’s left of the…

BY RICHARD C. GROSS “The Cruel War is raging, Johnny has to fight.” — Peter, Paul and Mary, “The Cruel War,” 1962 Welcome to 1950. The mean, cruel, unnecessary, un-American, un-Christian and unpardonable rulings the past year among conservatives of this Trump-created rogue Supreme Court will not stand. They’re based…

BY RICHARD C. GROSS “. . . The evil that men do lives after them . . .” — William Shakespeare, Mark Antony in “Julius Caesar,” Act 3, Scene 2 Donald J. Trump, arrested like a common criminal, has pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges during an unprecedented arraignment…

BY RICHARD C. GROSS “. . . The evil that men do lives after them . . .” — William Shakespeare, Mark Antony in “Julius Caesar,” Act 3, Scene 2 Trump is “weaponizing” his rhetoric with lies about the Biden government in order to ensure that his numerous followers will…