“I don’t care about the midterms,” Donald J. Trump By Marc C. Johnson There is a famous – or infamous – photo from the Stalin Era where Soviet propaganda masters doctored a photo…
Category: Many Things Considered
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: The President Who Sued Himself
“It is an extraordinary incident of bald self-dealing, even in an administration where such blatant corruption has become de rigueur.” – The Guardian By Marc C. Johnson I’ve written a column for…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: Cassidy Bites the Dust
“What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.” – Donald J. TrumpBy Marc C. Johnson Bill Cassidy, now the lame duck United States Senator from Louisiana, is the latest case study…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: Reconstruction Ends … Again
“On balance, Americans would be better off if they understood themselves, their nation, and their nation’s history better.” – Robert Kagan, author of “Dangerous Nation” By Marc C. Johnson Conservatives have long…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: Trashing a Legacy and More
For with a country as with a person, “What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” – Lyndon B. Johnson, March 15, 1965…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: The Bootlicking Will Continue Until Democracy Doesn’t
“How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape.”― Christopher Hitchens By Marc C. Johnson The gauge the full extent…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: The Rot Runs Deep, Very Deep
“We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis By Marc C. Johnson…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: Maybe Corruption Really Is Bad
“Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.” – George Orwell By Marc C. Johnson It is simply not a debatable proposition that the current U.S. administration is…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: The Very Strange World of Trump Straphangers
“These guys are weird.” – Minnesota Governor Tim Walz By Marc C. Johnson (April 3, 2026) The president of the United States went on television Wednesday night (April 1st) to say something…
MANY THINGS CONSIDERED: Chaos, Confusion, Corruption and Craziness
“The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.” – Deep Throat in All the President’s Men By Marc C. Johnson Donald Trump’s Cabinet meeting this week was,…