Ray Richmond

I watched the horror show that was Donald Trump’s address to his base Thursday night, the one not covered by ABC and NBC on their traditional over-the-air networks (the ones fewer and fewer people watch, anyway).It was a predictably appalling display because it showed the depths to which the preside...

Just when we think Donald Trump has exhausted the ways a person can transform the presidency into an ongoing fundraising scheme, we're given fresh new evidence that he's barely scratched the surface.

It’s hard to believe that we’re less than two months away from the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, that horrible day when war arrived at our doorstep.One thing that’s always stuck in my head was the fact that 15 of the 19 hijackers onboard the four jets that wreaked such deadly havoc were citi...

Ray Richmond It's hard to believe that we're less than two months away from the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, that horrible day when war arrived at our doorstep.

I am so done with this whole Mitch McConnell thing.We’re now past six weeks of this ridiculous crap, and the silence surrounding the Kentucky senator’s condition long ago eclipsed the point of disturbing to become completely absurd and intolerable. But that just seems to be the Republican way. All w...

I am so done with this whole Mitch McConnell thing. We're now past six weeks of this ridiculous crap, and the silence surrounding the Kentucky

Let me start this off with the understanding that I’m a very big fan of vaccines and have no patience for, or understanding of, anyone who isn’t — in particular our clueless Secretary of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr.Just as a quick refresher, diseases like polio and smallpox used to kill and ba...

Let me start this off with the understanding that I'm a very big fan of vaccines and have no patience for, or understanding of, anyone who isn't — in particular our clueless Secretary of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr.

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.