THE LIGHTER SIDE

God bless America, and how’s everybody?

Online Monday became the busiest shopping day in U.S. history, surpassing retail store sales for the first time. It fulfills a dream as old as the Republic. Was it Washington, or Franklin, who on his deathbed foresaw an America where someday we could do all our holiday shopping completely naked.

Senate Democrats called for fairer tax cuts than the GOP bill Monday. What’s fair? We live in a world where John Conyers stepped down, Kevin Spacey is jobless and Harvey Weinstein was fired by his own company, while Donald Trump is still the president and just played golf with Tiger Woods.

President Trump will meet with House and Senate Democratic leaders this week to try to agree on a tax cut bill. However, the left opposes him at every turn. Just before Thanksgiving, Trump pardoned two turkeys, but then the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco overturned them.

President Trump claimed that Time magazine offered him its annual Person of the Year cover honor Friday, but he didn’t want to sit for the interview or pose for the picture. He knows fame is a fickle lady. In Washington, D.C., one year you are on the cover of Time, the next year you’re doing it.

Argus Hamilton is the host comedian at The Comedy Store in Hollywood, and entertains groups and organizations around the country. Email him at Argus@ArgusHamilton.com.