Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels. (Yahoo News photo illustration; photos: Carolyn Kaster/AP, Gregg DeGuire/WireImage/Getty Images) We do not know what the relationship between Porn Star Stormy Daniels (AKA Stephanie Gregory) and former President Donald Trump really was. She and prosecutors in the Daniels-Trump trial now underway in New York City claim the mutually beneficial relationship was not Platonic but sexual in nature. Trump denies committing coitus. These claims will now be tested in a trial. Stormy is perhaps the only person involved in the relationship who may benefit from the trial, whether the jury accepts or rejects her claims. In matters of this kind, it is nearly impossible to besmirch the character of an illustrious porn star. It is possible to besmirch the character of Trump, who likely will be the Republican Party’s choice as its presidential candidate in the upcoming 2024 elections. Character assassination has become a staple in American politics, but ethically unsa
Biden, Alex Wong -- Getty Images An Associated Press (AP) story printed below the fold in the Hartford Courant on Monday, April 15, 2024 titled “U.S. Tries to halt escalation over Iran” bears close scrutiny. The story is subtitled: “Biden pushes Israel to show restraint, not answer attack.” What is the difference between “not answering an attack” and abject surrender? Unlike persons, countries do not have left cheeks they may turn to their enemies when they are struck on the right cheek. The attacks on the state of Israel by Iran and its terrorist mafia – Hamas, in addition to being the government of Gaza, Iran’s most repellant terrorist organization, Hezbollah, located in Lebanon, and the Houthis of Yemen – have a long pre-history. These groups are agents of Iran, financed and supported militarily by a state that considers Israel “the Great Satan” and the United States Satan’s brother in arms. It is Iran that is responsible for “widening the war” in the Middle East, not Israe