Lawrence Baron

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — While most Christians were wishing everyone goodwill and peace, Donald Trump posted the following message on Truth Social (which really should be renamed Truth Antisocial): “Merry Christmas to all, including Crooked Joe Biden’s ONLY HOPE, Deranged Jack Smith, the out-of-control Lunatic who just hired outside attorneys, fresh from the

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — A Brooklyn man was convicted of robbing a matzah factory.  He was sentenced to eight years in Unleavenworth. Donald Trump denied charges that he had read Mein Kampf or plagiarized from Hitler when he declared that migrants were poisoning the blood of the United States.  He reminded his MAGA

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Wandering in my neighborhood, I sometimes wonder what the meaning of the Christmas lawn and house decorations I pass is.  One family in my neighborhood erected a 12-foot-tall menacing-looking skeleton for Halloween.  Rather than dismantle it, they placed a Santa’s hat on its skull for Christmas.  If I were

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — It is considered a mitzvah to place a menorah in a home’s window to publicize the miracle of the oil burning for 8 days.  In the wake of the October 7th massacres and kidnappings, Jewish organizations advocate doing this to indicate support for Israel.  Given the current polarization over

By Elona Baron as Barked to Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — When your human is Jewish, you observe Hanukkah. Most Jews don’t know about the Book of Maccabeagles who attacked the Seleucids. They were the first to coin the acronym MAGA (Maccabeagles Against Greek Aggressors). Jewish dogs love latkes being tossed at them because they

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Thanksgiving brings families together, but arguments about current events break them up.  This year Jewish families will face this combustible situation as relatives sympathetic with the plight of Gazan civilians come face to face with their Stand With Us kin.  Here are some suggestions to avoid the meal from

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — The House Ethics Committee has determined that there is “overwhelming evidence” that George Santos is guilty of lawbreaking and “cannot be trusted.”  His offenses include improper use of campaign donations for personal luxury purchases and reporting fictitious loans to attract more donations.  It did not help his case that

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Debates traditionally provide the opportunity for candidates to puff up their public reputations.  This year the Republican Presidential Debates have deflated their stature.  This partly stems from Donald Trump sucking up all the oxygen in the news cycle, but also from his opponents pathetically trying to be Trump without

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — For the first time since Covid descended upon us, I took a long flight to outside the United States.  My lingering paranoia about contracting Covid prompted me to wear a mask, even though most of the passengers seemed oblivious to the continuing rise of Covid cases and brazenly inhaled

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Jim Jordan failed to win over enough “moderate” Republicans to vote for him in his bid to become Speaker of the House.  Eavesdropping through the microphone I planted in the men’s bathroom outside the House Chamber [the toilets there are called Chamber Pots], I heard the following promises Jordan

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Every morning I skim through my emails.  Glancing at the fifty to one hundred of them in my inbox, I momentarily feel I’m extremely popular until I realize that most of them are fundraising ads for Democratic candidates.  I’ve tried to block them but it’s like kicking a toadstool