An Anti-Abortion Christian Asks: Is This the Only Thing That Matters to Jesus? NO!
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg forces us to confront one of the favorite excuses some voters use for ignoring Donald Trump’s egregiously inhumane and anti-Christian words and deeds. They can turn a blind eye to Trump’s endless sins as long as he appoints judges who will outlaw abortion. That raises […]
Why Donald Trump is Killing the Postal Service: to Rig the Election, with Putin’s Help
Donald Trump is killing the U.S. Postal Service because he and Vladimir Putin are set up to rig America’s voting machines. That’s where our election is most vulnerable; not from paper, mail-in ballots, which are by far the safest voting method we have. They want you to fear the wrong things about the voting process. […]
Is Evangelicals’ Devotion to Armageddon and the Rapture Increasing the Danger of Mideast War?
Some time ago I began writing the third in a series of profiles of so-called “faith leaders” who make up an indispensable part of the Trump base—this one about Jerry Falwell Jr. I was puzzled: how could so many millions of people be taken in by the many fraudsters who Trump has assembled around him? […]
With Trump’s Approval, Big Tobacco and New Players Use Nicotine to Hook a New Generation of Consumers
TRUMP AND BIG TOBACCO Part 1: systematic lies about smoking’s health dangers TRUMP AND BIG TOBACCO PART 2: the money pours in, vaping regulations slow-walked PREVIOUS: BIG TOBACCO’S DECADES OF LIES ABOUT SMOKING’S DANGERS PART 2: JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT CIGARETTE SMOKING WAS DYING OUT: NOW THIS We thought we had finally gotten rid […]
A New Generation of Addicts: Trump Takes Tobacco Money, Becomes Friend to Vaping Industry
TRUMP AND BIG TOBACCO Part 1: systematic lies about smoking’s health dangers TRUMP AND BIG TOBACCO PART 2: the money pours in, vaping regulations slow-walked PART 1: DO YOU LOVE YOUR KIDS? WHAT A QUESTION! WE ALL LOVE OUR KIDS. But never mind love. Does Donald Trump even care about your kids? I grew up […]
On Empathy: Do you Really Think These Men Care About You or Your Kids?
There they are, members of Trump’s private golf club inBedminster, New Jersey. They’re standing by their man who, as soon as hefreshens up from a day on the links, will sit down to sign an executive orderthat the White House lawyers prepared for him. First the aides will scurryaround putting up a few American flags, […]
An Appeal to Evangelicals: Remember Your Values, Protect Your Influence, Think About the Children
MEMO TO: EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS WHO STILL SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP FROM: NEIL FABRICANT, FED UP NEW YORKERS SUBJECT: FOR THE CHILDREN’S SAKE, PLEASE HEAR ME OUT I’m not so presumptuous to think I fully understand why so many white evangelicals continue to support Donald Trump. But I understand more than I did only a few […]
American Voters Need to Send Trump and his Followers a Louder Version of our 2018 Message
REPUBLICANS DIDN’T GET THE MESSAGE: HANDS OFF OUR HEALTH CARE!In 2018, a historic majority of Americans sent Donald Trump and his Congressional followers a message:“We’re mad as hell and we won’t take it any more. Hands off our health care!”It was a landslide rejection at the ballot box. But they didn’t listen. Instead, they listened […]
Nasty, Brutish and Short: Our Children’s Lives if Trump is Still in the White House in 2021.
A QUIZ FOR THE HISTORICALLY MINDED Check the box (or boxes) that best fit these words: “Nasty, Brutish and Short.” 1. Donald Trump’s attitude and attention span 2. Lindsay Graham 3. Our children’s lives if, on January 21, 2021, Trump is still in the White House and Mitch McConnell is still Senate Majority Leader 4. […]
We Can Learn from how Amsterdam Coped with Coronavirus, for our Children’s Sake
We Americans can learn from how other places have addressed the pandemic. This video shows what Amsterdam looked like when the shutdowns began early this year. Let me appeal to those of you who remain Trump supporters: please, please put aside the politics and take three minutes to watch this video. In March and April, […]