Tom Shattuck

Brooklyn-Bred Bernie Sanders Makes Hillary Clinton Seem from Wall Street

Originally published April 15, 2016. Bernie Sanders couldn’t have made Hillary Clinton look any more Wall Street if the split screen during last night’s CNN debate showed her lighting stogies with $100 bills at a Delmonico’s table festooned with Baked Alaska and snifters full of brandy, alongside cronies J.P. Morgan... Read more →

The Donald Must Show He Has No Kryptonite En Route to Prez Win

Originally published March 16, 2016. Donald Trump is going to be the Republican nominee for President. Breathe — it's time for acceptance. So that brings us to today's reality. Can the Republican frontrunner, businessman Donald J. Trump, be reserved and palatable enough going forward to win the presidency in November?... Read more →

It's a Donald World

Originally published March 2, 2016. The GOP ruling class is thunderstruck. Dumbstruck. And flailing. The one thing they should get down on their knees and be grateful for, they resent. Petulantly. The Reagan Democrats are back and they love Trump. Trump’s popularity in blue states is giving him added horsepower,... Read more →

Bernie Sanders Backers: It’s Hillary Clinton or ‘Sounds of Silence’

Originally published February 28, 2016. After last night’s trouncing in South Carolina and an expected brutal Super Tuesday on the docket, Bernie Sanders’ supporters are going to need to make a tough decision: Hide under the bed listening to Simon and Garfunkel or get out there and help elect Hillary... Read more →

On Radio Row, Where Anyone and Anything Can Happen

Originally published February 7, 2016. MANCHESTER, N.H. — I rode the elevator yesterday with a little white pig named “Tazzy.” The doors opened and in walked MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell. He looked at the pig — who was looking right back at him — and quickly turned away. He couldn’t get... Read more →

Ironic Twist for Hillary Clinton

Originally published January 7, 2016. Irony can be a vicious thing and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton is about to learn it the hard way as the demise of her campaign may come courtesy of the left’s most stalwart ally — Hollywood. Call it friendly fire. Even more delicious is that... Read more →

Terror Video a Trump Win

Originally published January 3, 2016. In 2015, everything broke Donald Trump’s way. And 2016 is looking pretty good too for the GOP frontrunner, thanks to an unintentional collaboration between Hillary Clinton and the terrorist group Al-Shabaab. Clinton castigated Trump during a debate last month, asserting that ISIS is “showing videos... Read more →

Hey, Hill: Get Ready for Some Bad Memories Starring Hubby

Originally published December 29, 2015. If Hillary Clinton thinks Big Bad Bubba is going to dust up Donald Trump, she is in for a rude, crude, awakening. Former President Clinton is the most target-rich environment at which Trump could ever hope to direct his vitriol. And he’ll have fun doing... Read more →

Granite State Braces for Hillary Drive-By

Originally published April 19, 2015. It looked like the scene in "Back to the Future": A van screeches through a parking lot, pedal to the metal, disrupting the quiet and bringing forth pure chaos. In the movie version it was a van full of angry Libyan terrorists bent on snuffing... Read more →

Bowe Bergdahl Was Wrong Kid to Bring Home

Originally published March 27, 2015. Last July, President Obama presented Staff Sgt. Ryan Pitts of New Hampshire with the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony. Pitts single-handedly defended an outpost from hundreds of attacking Taliban fighters. He emptied machine guns, tossed grenades and did whatever it took to... Read more →