by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 19, 2017 | Weekly Column
One of the most curious revelations of the Trump presidency so far has been the not-so-subtle shift in how his supporters defend him. Five months and an avalanche of inappropriate Tweets later, we’re seeing less passion and more “meh” from the...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 12, 2017 | Weekly Column
You know how most sons-in-law try to ingratiate themselves with the wife’s parents by helping with a weekend project? A good son-in-law will cheerily agree to help lay sod in the back yard or assemble the new gas grill. Sometimes, it’s as simple as a...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 5, 2017 | Weekly Column
CNN worked itself into an Ol’ Yeller rabid lather recently when it was reported that at a White House dinner President Trump was served two scoops of ice cream with his pie while guests were given a single scoop. “Time” magazine also reported...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 30, 2017 | Weekly Column
What a joy it was to watch Sally Yates calmly counter the shrill Ted Cruz, his face all angry putty, with logic, reason and truth as she testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee recently. With kindergarten teacher levels of patience, Ms. Yates explained...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 22, 2017 | Weekly Column
In Trumpworld, up is down, down is up and it’s difficult to keep the stories straight. Is a government shutdown bad or good? Who knows? Trump has said both emphatically. Basic questions are answered in Trumpspeak, a migraine-inducing stew of malapropisms,...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 15, 2017 | Weekly Column
I’ve sat in the same pew– or close to it if somebody had the audacity to get there first — at my United Methodist Church for nearly every Sunday for 28 years. The church does a slew of outreach, which is one of the main reasons I love it. We...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 8, 2017 | Weekly Column
Has this happened to you? You go to a party, or maybe you’re just meeting friends for drinks after work, and no sooner have you settled in than someone cheerily announces there will be “no political talk!” This conversation ban is harder...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 1, 2017 | Weekly Column
Whether you’re Democrat, Republican or Exhaustipated (too tired of politics to give a s**t), I think there’s one thing we can all agree on: The recent unexpected barrage of political ads was “too soon.” The one good thing about the...
by Celia Rivenbark | Apr 24, 2017 | Weekly Column
MARALAGO, FLA. — President Donald J. Trump announced today that he will be seeking the advice of a top CIA operative whose work he has admired greatly for four seasons so far on Showtime on Demand. “I believe that when people say mean, really very...
by Celia Rivenbark | Apr 17, 2017 | Weekly Column
Now that President Trump has promised to resuscitate the dying coal industry (“There’s a little black spot on my lung todaaaaay”), what’s next? Mandatory installation of cow-catchers on Amtrak trains? Seems about right. What about...
