I did say I would post more about the Doomsday Clock today, but I'll wait till a later date to instead write about more topical matters. First, about that horrible  Reagan National Airport air collision  between an American Airlines flight holding 64 passengers and crew from Kansas and an Army helicopter manned by three.  There were no survivors. I still remember a  similar incident on 13January1982  when I was working in the U.S. Senate.  On a cold and snowy day in the later afternoon, Air Florida 90 left Washington National Airport, but crashed soon after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge, killing 78.  Five on the flight survived, but four motorists on the bridge died.  An unrelated accident shut down one of the Metro lines at around the same time, and it took me till midnight to get home. Why he does this is really inexcusable, but...the  New York Times  this morning  said: Trump, Without Citing Evidence, Blames D.E.I. and Demo...

Yesterday was maybe Donald Trump's last best day, save for that announcement about his New York Hush Money criminal trial, which was confirmed to start on March 25.  Today, however, was a lot worse.  Several key late-breaking news stories occurred just about when I this morning sat before my computer. Just as I'm typing this,  Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that Donald Trump must pay $355 million in penalties , is banned from doing business in New York for 3 years and will get an independent monitor and compliance director to oversee Trump's businesses. Each of his two sons, Don Jr. and Eric, were ordered to pay $4 million each, so the judgement is $363 million.  To quote: "Their complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological," Engoron wrote. "Instead, they adopt a 'See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil' posture that the evidence belies." The  Fani Willis disqualification hearing Atlanta provided two strong witnesses to back Willi...

Taylor Swift arrived at LAX yesterday, went to one of her homes in Southern California, and will make it to Las Vegas today for Super Bowl 58.  But that's old news.  The biggest question of the day is not who wins the game.  Will she join Usher on the stage at half time?  After all,  Usher in 2011 performed with Swift  Yeah  at her 2011 Speak Now tour in Atlanta.   Here is  their duet .  That would in Las Vegas possibly become a foursome, with Lil Jon and Ludacris. Incidentally, do you know that she  owns eight homes,  investing $150 million of her $570 million in them? Two in Los Angeles, both in Beverly Hills.  One of them is a 1934 10,982-square-foot mansion purchased in 2015, first owned by Samuel Goldwyn. Living at 15 Craigside ( not that temple, but the apartment just behind--I lived for 32 years at an adjacent taller Craigside you can barely see ) involves a plethora of activities, comfortably safe environment and l...