Ray Richmond

As I write these words, Todd Blanche is cruising toward being confirmed as Attorney General for the United States. What looked improbable just a few days before quickly became, essentially, a done deal after Blanche did the bare minimum to assuage the concerns of lame-duck Senators John Cornyn (R-TX...

As I write these words, Todd Blanche is cruising toward being confirmed as Attorney General for the United States.

Sometimes, I sit back in breathtaking wonder struggling to consider what more could possibly be written about Donald John Trump that hasn’t already been said a million times and in a million different ways.And then, he does something else that leaves me – and any thinking human being – gasping for a...

Sometimes, I sit back in breathtaking wonder struggling to consider what more could possibly be written about Donald John Trump that hasn't already been said a million times and in a million different ways.

To co-opt a famed riddle about drug addicts and alcoholics: How do you know a member of the Trump Administration is lying?Answer: Their lips are moving.As we’ve come to learn, there are only three qualifications for someone getting hired by Trump:They must have a criminal disposition.They must be ca...

The much-honored country legend died at her Nashville home at the age of 80.

Just how many protective bunkers does one alleged president need?If you’re Donald J. Trump, the answer is evidently at least two.The question, of course, is why?And here we’d all been led to believe that Trump’s hideous ballroom project was really all about the “military component” section of his Wh...

Just how many protective bunkers does one alleged president need? If you're Donald J. Trump, the answer is evidently at least two.

I have rarely, if ever, seen the kind of outpouring of praise and adoration as that for Dolly Parton upon news of her death on Tuesday at 80. And it’s understandable. On every conceivable measure of humanity – talent, beauty, intelligence, warmth, wit, grace, generosity, decency, compassion, courage...

Ray Richmond I have rarely, if ever, seen the kind of outpouring of praise and adoration as that for Dolly Parton upon news of her death on Tuesday at 80.