Sage advice from Albert Einstein on how make New Year’s Resolutions we can keep.
New Year’s Resolutions: Learn, Live, Hope
December 28th, 2024 Comments Off on New Year’s Resolutions: Learn, Live, Hope
Tags: Albert Einstein · Charlie Brown · Donald Trump · Justin Trudeau · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · New Year's Resolutions
Trump’s Victory: Cloud of Discontent
November 16th, 2024 Comments Off on Trump’s Victory: Cloud of Discontent
Like him or hate him, Donald Trump’s path to victory was well mapped out from day one.
Tags: Democrat · Donald Trump · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Republican
The Presidential Race Three-Ring Circus
July 27th, 2024 Comments Off on The Presidential Race Three-Ring Circus
Why P.T. Barnum may have to surrender his “greatest showman” title to the players in the U.S. presidential race.
Tags: Donald Trump · Joe Biden · Kimberly Cheatle · metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet · P.T. Barnum · U.S. Presidential race
Trump Assassination Attempt: The Subtext
July 20th, 2024 Comments Off on Trump Assassination Attempt: The Subtext
Stepping back to examine the subtexts in the Trump assassination attempt.
Tags: Donald Trump · Kimberly Cheatle · Matthew Crooks · metaphor · Michae Robert Dyet · Trump assassination attempt
Trump Indictment: The Never-Ending Chess Game
April 8th, 2023 Comments Off on Trump Indictment: The Never-Ending Chess Game
Hmmm, once the political chess game begins does it ever really end? I have for the most part avoided wading into the continuous circle of controversy around Donald Trump. I did pen one post in the lead-up to his election as president primarily to purge my mind of the irritation. I am choosing to do […]
Tags: Donald Trump · Manhattan allegations · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet
When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: 2020 in Retrospect
January 23rd, 2021 Comments Off on When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: 2020 in Retrospect
How I might look back on 2020 with the wisdom of an old man with nothing to lose speaking unpleasant truths.
Tags: COVID-19 · Donald Trump · Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock · pandemic · U.S. election
Fighting Back Against Zero Gravity in the Bubble
January 9th, 2021 Comments Off on Fighting Back Against Zero Gravity in the Bubble
Why I am choosing to put my feet back on the ground in this time of lockdowns, bubbles and repressed frustrations.
Tags: bubble · COVID-19 · Donald Trump · lockdown · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · pandemic · zero gravity
2019 in Review: The Year of the Political Witch Hunt
December 30th, 2019 Comments Off on 2019 in Review: The Year of the Political Witch Hunt
A reluctant commentary on the scandal plagued year in politics.
Tags: Andrew Scheer · Boris Johnston · Donald Trump · Doug Ford · Justin Trudeau · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Prince Andrew
The Trump Impeachment: A Paper Victory
December 21st, 2019 Comments Off on The Trump Impeachment: A Paper Victory
Why the Trump impeachment is a victory on paper only.
Tags: Donald Trump · House · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · Senate · Trump impeachment
Trump and the Media: Carp in a Feeding Frenzy
November 10th, 2018 Comments Off on Trump and the Media: Carp in a Feeding Frenzy
My take on the love/hate affair between Donald Trump and the media.
Tags: carp · Donald Trump · feeding frenzy · media