Lawrence Baron

By Laurie Baron (Melody: “Still Crazy After All These Years,” by Paul Simon. Listen to Baron’s recording here.) I got the latest booster several months ago. I wear a mask when I visit crowded rooms. I was hoping that by this time vaccines would ease my fears. Still Covid after all these years. Oh, still […]

By Laurie Baron (Melody: My Blue Heaven) The GOP votes multiple times. ‘Cause the crazies reject blue Kevin. Turn to the right, the extreme MAGA right Will make him the blue, blue Kevin. He bargained away, whatever sway, the Speaker has had. When they vacate, and agitate, he’ll end up sad. Too bad! Just Matt

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — On January 3 Kevin McCarthy hopes to become the next Speaker of the House. He needs 218 votes to get elected Speaker and Republicans hold 222 seats. The problem is that 5 radical right-wing Republicans have announced they are opposed to him. McCarthy is making all sorts of deals

Hanukkah, Oh, Hanukkah,
Are things getting better?
Last year our party
Was a super spreader.
Celebrating this year
Covid is still here.     
But we have the flu and RSV to fear. .. [Laurie Baron]

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Donald Trump publicized it as a “major announcement,” but should have called it a fundraising grift. Here’s what’s really behind his promotional video for Trump digital trading cards. First, he introduces himself as our favorite president, better than Lincoln or Washington. After all, he freed American bigots to openly

By Laurie Baron (Melody: Revolution) We must suspend the constitution Well, you know There’s no way I could have lost. It’s just a form of restitution Well, you know I’m gonna rule at any cost. But when I talk about our greatness You know only I can drain the swamp. Don’t you know it’s gonna

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Most polls indicate that inflation is the most important issue to voters. Many voters say they will vote for Republican election deniers because they blame inflation on President Biden and the Democrats. I thought I’d take a closer look at the reasoning behind why high prices “Trump” the preservation

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Since I have been dumbfounded by the shift in the Georgia Senate race polls from Raphael Warnock to Herschel Walker, I decided to interview some Georgians who support Walker to find out what they like about him. Georgia Football Fan: He’s a great football player.  If there’s an Antifa

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — We increasingly are entering perpetual holiday mode from Halloween through New Year’s Day. Now it appears the holidays are becoming homogenized. As evidence of this phenomenon, look at the photo below of a decoration atop the chimney of a house in my neighborhood. It shows a skeletal Santa next

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado recently claimed that teachers “are putting litter boxes in schools for students who identify as cats.” This new conspiracy theory espoused by other ultra-conservative Republicans is an extrapolation of their campaign against adjustments schools have made for transgender pupils. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]

By Laurie Baron Worried about all the legal problems his father-in-law is facing, Jared Kushner persuaded him to attend Yom Kippur services to atone for his sins.  Donald agreed only on the condition that he didn’t have to fast and could call DoorDash to deliver him a Big Mac, fries, and diet Coke at lunch

By Laurie Baron (Melody: Oklahoma) Mar-a-Lago, where the lackies come to kiss Trump’s ring Where secrets are stored since he likes to hoard Believing that he owns everything. Mar-a-Lago, where agents confiscated files. And he felt maligned since in his mind They’re declassified, no grounds for a trial. We know they belong to the land,

Now that the political stunt of shipping undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers to blue states under false pretenses has become the policy of Republican Trump-wannabe governors, Democratic officials should respond in kind.  Without requiring them to pay me a fee for political consulting, here are my suggestions. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]