Don Thompson

"The folks who support Trump fear truth, that’s why they avoid anything resembling fact."

"Research says fewer than 10 percent of those making New Year’s resolutions keep them. I have no research to back my claim that at least half of those folks are lying their asses off."

"Every day the Trump administration foists lies on the American public…shameful distortions to confuse and cause chaos. By design, they try to overwhelm those who question their actions with lie upon lie…insisting all are true. Lying…then doubling, then tripling down."

"What, you ask, makes those of us who hated the idea of a Trump presidency any different than his supporters? Aren't we just as guilty of falling in love with our own views. Yes, we are. The difference, of course, is between facts and, well, alternative facts."

...especially when their only responses to truths are sarcastic retorts, wiseass remarks and yet more lies.

Trump and his team offer more problems than solutions, more despair than hope.

"There’s only one way to go on the economic ladder when you’re poor…prosper and become rich. Then, you can suffer with the rest of the idle rich. Probably best to stay poor."

Juan Orlando Hernandez can walk along any street in America. He can ride in any fast boat in the Caribbean. I assure you, nothing bad will happen to Juan.

Rather than paint war as a glorious and gallant pursuit of righteousness by heroic men, Al Rockoff chronicled the sheer brutality of war, showing it for what it is, an utter waste of humanity.

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.

"Adults rolling an empty shopping cart down the first aisle is a little like kids passing through the ticket entrance booth at Disney World…so many things to do…so little time."

"The results of last Tuesday’s off-year elections in New Jersey, Virginia, New York City, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California are unmistakable evidence that Americans are getting weary of Donald Trump."

"Just for the record, no previous president - not Republican, not Democrat - ever asked for a ballroom…especially a ballroom more than one-and-a-half times as big as an NFL football field…including the end zones and sideline areas."

"Forget Trump’s bald-faced lies that the economy - everything from employment to inflation to grocery prices - would be better from day one with him as president. Just for the record…it’s day 280…and all are worse."

"Last month, we said goodbye to Andy…our 15-year-old Rag Doll cat…who like every animal I ever knew…had a distinctive personality that could both endear and madden…often within moments."

"Everything from signs on nearly 500 military installations in the U.S. and another 750 around the world to letterhead stationery for tens of thousands of senior officers has to change. Printers and sign painters everywhere are rejoicing. Taxpayers…not so much."

"U.S. citizens should bone-up on history…see truth and lies…for what they are."

"Don’t misinterpret my words…no one should be targeted with violence because of what they say in a democracy. That’s not how democracies work. That’s how authoritarian dictatorships work."

"Disney is a corporate force like no other today."

"Almost everything in American culture is divided along political lines…urban bad, rural good…immigrants bad, real Americans good."

"It is fodder for this column…a critical, less-than-complementary opinion about how too many people follow too few people…to help them decide what’s worthy or not."

"Who would have guessed in the late 1950s that the coolest guy in America for the next quarter-century would be a fella named Dino Paul Crocetti from Steubenville, Ohio?"

"This is a story about two lawyers. They are the same man. He did the wrong thing, and the right thing. His name is Cameron Stracher."

"There’s nothing wrong with, say, having a ceramic non-stick pan…but cast iron is simply more versatile…and can be just as non-stick when handled properly."