Reason # 42: Stock Tips Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? In the documentary film “The Smartest Guys in the Room”. There is a dramatic confrontation between California Senator Barbara Boxer and Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling in which she displays video of him urging…

Reason # 41: Tips Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? Donald Trump’s latest attempt to recover lost ground is to promise that he will pass legislation to repeal tax laws collecting taxes on tips for waitresses, bartenders and others of the two and a…

Reason # 40: Generosity? Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? Commenting on my 37th post on Donald Trump’s personal warmth, Lisa Rose stated that “I have never heard one story about an act of kindness by Trump, Not one!” I was accordingly surprised last…

Reason # 39: Mob Concrete Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? When Donald Trump announced that his gleaming new Trump Tower on 5th Avenue would be built with “ready mix” concrete, many New Yorkers were puzzled. Most skyscrapers were constructed using steel girders. Reinforced…

eason # 38: Sliding Real Estate Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? To my eye, the most beautiful scenic drive in the LA area is along the edge of the Palos Verde Peninsula, featuring spectacular ocean views out over the Pacific Ocean to Santa…

Reason # 37: Personal Warmth Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? I was going to dig deeper into the realtor aspect of Donald Trump today, but a column, “A 17-year-old uttered the three most memorable words of the convention” in today’s LA Times by…

Reason # 36: Real? Estate Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? Up to this point, we have focused on the many disastrous business ventures that Donald Trump has initiated, which failed disastrously, ending in enormous personal loss of money and far larger losses for…

Reason # 35 Contrasts Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? We have been examining the family origins, upbringing, education, marital history, children, and business career of Donald Trump and a record that makes him an outlandish candidate for president for the last 34 days.…

Reason # 34: The “Lolita Express” flies again Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? If you have been reading my daily Facebook posts over the past month, you know that I am so concerned about the potential danger of having Donald Trump back in…

Reason # 33: Merchandise Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? We have previously discussed multiple catastrophic failures in Donald Trump’s heralded business career, including busted casinos, a bogus university, a crashed airline, a flattened football team (and league) and a bicycle race where the…

Reason # 32: Film Buff Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? We have been following Donald Trump’s business career in some detail and it is getting depressing, so let’s take a day off to consider Donald Trump and the arts. There are slim pickings.…

Reason #31: Par for the course Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? We have earlier discussed Donald Trump’s avidity for golf and his notoriety as a golf cheat. Today’s post will consider his track record as golf course owner. Let’s start with the bottom…

Reason #30: Sportsman. Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? In Donald Trump’s checkered business career, he has tried to make money in many spheres, frequently failing miserably. Professional sports ownership is no exception. Trump has failed to purchase either a professional baseball team or…

Reason #29: Names Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? Today we will take a break from the disheartening consideration of Donald Trump’s business machinations, depredations and bungling mismanagement to look at something simple, something prosaic – names. Let’s start with Democratic presidential and vice-presidential…

Reason # 28: Huckster Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? What is a huckster? It originally defined an individual who pitched merchandise to individual house holders. Examples from my youth include the Fuller Brush man and the door-to-door bible salesman. In modern terms hucksterism…

Reason #27: Entrepreneur? Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? In a previous post, we have seen how Donald Trump lost billions of investment dollars during the implosion of his three Atlantic City casinos, ruining creditors and investors. Not a very impressive entrepreneurial record thus…

Reason # 26: Tutelage Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? Yesterday, we briefly reviewed the sordid career of Roy Cohn, who played the role of Iago in the Army-McCarthy hearings and later served as a New York City fixer and mob attorney. What did…

Reason #25: Svengali Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? I have stated that Donald Trump never pursued graduate education. That was not entirely correct. He studied advanced ruthless business methods for years under the tutelage of his father Fred C. Trump. Donald Trump was…

Reason #24: Hedonism Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? Hedonism is characterized by “egoistic pursuit of short-term gratification at the expense of others” At the turn of the century, Jacob Riis examined the social question in American cities and documented the terrible living conditions…

Reason #23: Fraud Why do we need to defeat Donald Trump and ensure that a Democrat occupies the White House? We have previously discussed the difference between lying and cheating and their adverse effects on individuals and society in general. What about “fraud”? The dictionary defines fraud as “wrongful or criminal deception intended to result…