TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I just labeled Trump with multiple adjectives which are demeaning and degrading. However, because they are all based on facts: facts he, himself, offered by his own actions and speech: they are not unfair or undeserved. I cannot compete with Trump when the situation involves name-calling, although most of his are simply silly and laughable. However, anyone who disagrees with the schoolyard bully is sure to receive a “nickname.” His “nicknames” are not clever, because he is not ‘clever.’ We all remember “Crooked Hillary,” “Sleepy Joe,” and “Little Marco.” The mental health community reveals the reasons an individual feels he or she has no other recourse than name-calling to defend his or herself. [Insecurity and envy: If we don't believe we measure up to our peers, we may redirect and express this discontentment by directing it toward others in the form of hatred or animosity. In psychology, this masking of our true feelings of insecurity is known as displace...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I didn’t know it when I was a junior in high school in 1962, but I now know that history is the most important and fascinating subject we can study. Past events teach us valuable lessons, and it is critical that we learn from both our successes and mistakes. The sad truth is that we learn more from past mistakes than from accomplishments. “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Dictator Donny Trump exists in the past. There is no place for a racist, bigot, a homophobe, a sexist, or a xenophobe in our nation’s future. Trump’s past is a story about one man’s abject failures and his many “firsts.” These “firsts” are not composed of virtuous and successful actions, but with failures, criminal activities, and sexual deviance. Trump’s private life is composed of failed business ventures, bankruptcies, and accepting “bailouts” from Vladimir Putin, and the Saudi Royal Family. His personal life is dominated by his actions as a se...