Don Thompson

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.

"Adults rolling an empty shopping cart down the first aisle is a little like kids passing through the ticket entrance booth at Disney World…so many things to do…so little time."

"The results of last Tuesday’s off-year elections in New Jersey, Virginia, New York City, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California are unmistakable evidence that Americans are getting weary of Donald Trump."

"Just for the record, no previous president - not Republican, not Democrat - ever asked for a ballroom…especially a ballroom more than one-and-a-half times as big as an NFL football field…including the end zones and sideline areas."

"Forget Trump’s bald-faced lies that the economy - everything from employment to inflation to grocery prices - would be better from day one with him as president. Just for the record…it’s day 280…and all are worse."

"Last month, we said goodbye to Andy…our 15-year-old Rag Doll cat…who like every animal I ever knew…had a distinctive personality that could both endear and madden…often within moments."

"Everything from signs on nearly 500 military installations in the U.S. and another 750 around the world to letterhead stationery for tens of thousands of senior officers has to change. Printers and sign painters everywhere are rejoicing. Taxpayers…not so much."

"U.S. citizens should bone-up on history…see truth and lies…for what they are."

"Don’t misinterpret my words…no one should be targeted with violence because of what they say in a democracy. That’s not how democracies work. That’s how authoritarian dictatorships work."

"Disney is a corporate force like no other today."

"Almost everything in American culture is divided along political lines…urban bad, rural good…immigrants bad, real Americans good."

"It is fodder for this column…a critical, less-than-complementary opinion about how too many people follow too few people…to help them decide what’s worthy or not."

"Who would have guessed in the late 1950s that the coolest guy in America for the next quarter-century would be a fella named Dino Paul Crocetti from Steubenville, Ohio?"

"This is a story about two lawyers. They are the same man. He did the wrong thing, and the right thing. His name is Cameron Stracher."

"There’s nothing wrong with, say, having a ceramic non-stick pan…but cast iron is simply more versatile…and can be just as non-stick when handled properly."

"Trump’s Make America Great Again mantra might sound good on the surface…but it relies on fear and hate more than any positive or optimistic appeal to a diminishing audience of voters. The clear message: white folks have lost their grip on America…and only I - Donald Trump - can return the good ol’ days when you ruled."

"Donald Trump’s great lengths to quash the Jeffrey Epstein fervour among Republicans isn’t working…and one particular Congressional effort to force the release of files could spiral the whole Epstein debacle out of his control."

"Americans - rich and poor - are 17 months from a mid-term election and 41 months from a presidential election. The damage - economically and culturally - wreaked worldwide by Donald Trump and his cult-like followers is already incalculable."

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