Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

Set the World on Fire (1978).

Here is Ann Coulter’s latest column.

A scene from today's ride. Click to enlarge.

My wife and I are former Republicans who switched to the Democrats after 2008 as our personal politics changed and as we saw the Tea Party and GOP move right politically. In 2018, we worked hard for the Democrats. My wife and I did phone banking. We both canvassed for Josh Harder. We did this because we desperately wanted a check against the current GOP and President Trump, and we were so happy when we won the House back. But now, I’m increasingly frustrated with the House’s response to the current crisis. We cannot let the GOP and Trump run roughshod over our Constitution and Congress’s Article I oversight responsibilities. I realize we may not get a conviction in the Senate, but it seems to me that we need to at least start the impeachment inquiry in order to break through the obstruction of justice and to raise public awareness of the crisis (including of the contents of the Mueller report, which most people have not read). I agree with Rep. Jerry Nadler that the Judiciary Committee should tackle this inquiry, leaving the rest of the House to pursue legislative priorities (most of which will also not pass the Senate).

William VanderWall, San Francisco

…..The Fake (Corrupt) News Media said they had a leak into polling done by my campaign which, by the way and despite the phony and never ending Witch Hunt, are the best numbers WE have ever had. They reported Fake numbers that they made up & don’t even exist. WE WILL WIN AGAIN!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 12, 2019

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Get in Touch with Yourself (1992).

To the editor:

I have thought a lot about President Trump’s “cheating,” described so well by columnist Virginia Heffernan, and it gripes me to the core.

I have been tempted to fudge the number or expand the zone, so to speak, but my moral upbringing has always won out. My mother and father were immigrants and became citizens; they were glad to be here and believed they should do no wrong.

Trump, on the other hand, was taught early on how to manipulate the system and make money doing so. Now, cheating is an everyday thing for him, and in his life the big guy always wins and the little guy always loses. If I had done what he’s been accused of doing, I’d be in prison.

The only way we will ever be able to get it across to him how morally unfit he is to be president is to impeach or vote him out of office.

Ernie Ogren, Torrance

Note from KBJ: Moral fitness is in the eye of the beholder, Ernie. I prefer Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton.

Sad when you think about it, but Mexico right now is doing more for the United States at the Border than the Democrats in Congress! @foxandfriends

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 11, 2019

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