I’ve finished Michael Cohen’s book, Disloyal, but I’m not through with it. In part that’s because the book itself isn’t finished. Not that Cohen has shortchanged readers. He simply ran out of time to get the book out in the market before the coming election, and I don’t fault him for that. Nor has he, … Continue reading Michael Cohen: From the White House to the Sewage Plant
Michael Cohen accompanied Trump on a number of trips to Las Vegas. A snippet from one such journey, from Cohen’s book, Disloyal: Checking into the Vegas Trump Tower, I was summoned up to his suite to discuss the day’s events. Trump was in his underwear, white Hanes briefs, and a white short-sleeve undershirt, watching cable … Continue reading Michael Cohen & Trump: Something a Bit Lighter
Michael Cohen describes the kickoff of the mutually self-serving “courtship” Between Trump & prominent evangelicals, who became a central pillar of Trump’s political base. From Disloyal, with rough language: “So how did the amoral Trump come to be beloved by evangelical voters, a question that remains one of the abiding mysteries to this day? Begin … Continue reading Trump Meets Jesus, and other Chumps
Almost by accident, in 1997 I became a crime reporter, specializing in church-related financial frauds. My first major investigative report, called “Fleecing the Faithful,” is still online. Michael Cohen’s book “Disloyal” brings back those years. The crime schemes I covered were obscure, and often complicated to explain. Although they ruined many lives, they did so … Continue reading Michael Cohen, Trump & the Right Price for Selling Your Soul
[Note: This is the second part of a Dog Days series on how early civil rights work and later years in the Postal Service came together for me. The first installment is here.] <one> For a mail handler, the mail stream is much more like a moving body of water. A lot of it came … Continue reading Karmic Collision-II: Lab Rats and the Road Not Taken