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- [2025 Christmas Greeting](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2025/12/2025-christmas-greeting/) - About the Annual Sometimes Weekly Christmas Greeting In December 2023, I started publishing my annual Christmas Greeting to the Nation, following in the footsteps of Dr. Nicholas M. Butler (1862 – 1947) whose Christmas Greeting to the Nation was published every year by the New York Times. Dr. Butler was friends with Mark Twain, Warren
- [On Writing Letters](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2025/07/on-writing-letters/) - As you’ve probably seen, I’ve recently corresponded with Tom Hanks and Warren Buffett.
- [Fox News accidentally advertised my fake Trump dating website](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2016/06/fox-news-accidentally-advertised-my-fake-trump-dating-website/) - June 2016: After a Fox News segment, hundreds of horny viewers flock to my satirical website Trump.Singles
- [14 Years Later: Questions from 2010](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2024/12/14-years-later-questions-from-2010/) - December 2024: Revisiting an Earlier Entry and providing Additional Answers.
- [“Go f*#k yourself” — Roger Stone](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2024/11/go-fk-yourself-roger-stone/) - November 2024: Checking in on an old friend of Sometimes Weekly
- [Fear and Loathing at RFK Jr.’s “Historic Speech”](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2023/10/fear-and-loathing-rfk-jr/) - October 2023: I attend and observe Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s announcement of a third party campaign.
- [2024 Christmas Greeting](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2024/12/2024-christmas-greeting/) - Last year, I re-launched a forgotten tradition that was first founded over a century ago by another Nick Butler — Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, no relation, 1862-1947 — whose annual holiday greeting to the nation was published by the New York Times every Christmas. Dr. Butler was a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, the longest serving president
- [2023 Christmas Greeting](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2023/12/2023-christmas-greeting/) - A century ago, The New York Times marked each Christmas Day by publishing Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler's annual holiday message—an accomplishment among many in his distinguished public career. Despite this achievement and his good holiday cheer, you’ve probably never heard of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947). The story of this forgotten figure of history is
- [Op-Ed: The Democrat Party Made Us Do This](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2024/01/op-ed-the-democrat-party-made-us-do-this/) - Editor's Note: This piece was originally published January 15, 2024 on Substack as satire. Everything below the line is as it was published on January 15, 2024 — one year before Donald Trump's second inauguration. Publisher’s Note: Today is January 20th, 2025. Sometimes Weekly is committed to engaging with diverse viewpoints. The decision to provide
- [Sometimes Weekly Reacquires Trump.Singles](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2025/02/sometimes-weekly-reacquires-trump-singles/) - February 2025: A re-entry into the world of owning several Trump-branded domains.
- [Internal Memo on Remaining Agile During an Authoritarian Regime](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2024/12/internal-memo-on-remaining-agile-during-an-authoritarian-regime/) - December 2024: An update from the President & CEO of W Corp.
- [My 13-years-too-late apology to Neill Blomkamp, the director of District 9](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2022/08/my-13-years-too-late-apology-to-neill-blomkamp-the-director-of-district-9/) - August 2022: Over a decade after stealing Neill Blomkamp's Twitter handle, I finally apologize.
- [The Four Year Card Trick, My Piece of Jeopardy! History, and Happy Christmas](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2020/12/the-four-year-card-trick-my-piece-of-jeopardy-history-and-happy-christmas/) - December 2020: An Addendum is entered into Sometimes Weekly.
- [Setting the Dress Code for a British Secret Society](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2019/02/setting-the-dress-code-for-a-british-secret-society/) - February 2019: A case of mistaken identity and a stern suggestion for flouting the rules.
- [My Twitter diplomacy with North Korea](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2015/06/my-twitter-diplomacy-with-north-korea/) - June 2015: North Korea sends me a tweet and a Japanese watchdog takes notice.
- [The one where Donald Trump cuts me a check](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2015/05/the-one-where-donald-trump-cuts-me-a-check/) - May 2015: Deploying the Art of the Deal, I secure a $39.99 check from Donald Trump.
- [Donald Trump is threatening to sue me](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2015/03/donald-trump-is-threatening-to-sue-me/) - March 2015: The day after my 22nd birthday, the future President of the United States threatens to sue me.
- [An Open Letter To Men's Wearhouse](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2015/02/an-open-letter-to-mens-wearhouse/) - February 2015: The first Entry into Sometimes Weekly.
- [16 Years of Winning vs. Donald J. Trump](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2025/06/16-years-of-winning-vs-donald-trump/) - June 2025: Documenting my long, fraught, and personal relationship with the first Traitor-President of the United States.
- [That time a Lord of Parliament offered me a bribe](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2015/05/that-time-a-lord-of-parliament-offered-me-a-bribe/) - May 2015: A case of mistaken identity and a joke gone too far.
- [If I Had A Billion Dollars, I’d Buy The President](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2025/07/a-billion-dollars-buys-the-president/) - And perhaps American democracy, too.
- [An Open Letter to Zor’Pax Faelrin III, Earth Historian](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2025/06/an-open-letter-to-zorpax-faelrin-iii-earth-historian/) - June 2025: The first Intergalactic Entry into Sometimes Weekly.
- [A Letter to Pope Leo](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2024/08/letter-to-pope-leo/) - A few stories sent in loving memory of Catherine Teresa Benton, 1934-2007.
- [Progress 2025: Democratic Pact With America](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2024/07/progress-2025-democratic-pact-with-america/) - The Democratic Party must counter Project 2025 with a clear and comprehensive progressive path forward.
- [Another Very Good, No Bad Week for Donald Trump!](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2024/01/another-very-good-no-bad-week-for-donald-trump/) - Some thoughts on why establishment forces fail to inform, protect, and prepare American citizens for what may come.
- [The Cult of Trump](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2023/03/the-cult-of-trump/) - March 26, 2023 — In 2023, despite his central role in American political and social life for eight years, there remains a lack of coherent understanding of the Cult of Trump. While willing to criticize Donald Trump, the establishment media and political classes often refrain from directly criticizing Trump supporters who actively ignore reality and instead
- [The WWE-inspired State of Emergency, Coming Soon to an America Near You!](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2025/01/the-wwe-inspired-state-of-emergency-coming-soon-to-an-america-near-you/) - A brief examination into how the Political Entertainment Complex works from a lifelong fan.
- [Optimism Despite MAGA Darkness](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2025/05/optimism-despite-maga-darkness/) - The chaos will continue. Protect yourself and your loved ones.
- [Where is the Democratic Party?](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2025/01/where-is-the-democratic-party/) - As the MAGA show moves forward, Democrats have relegated themselves to the role of spectators and commentators.
- [Fear and Loathing in the Democratic Party](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2024/07/fear-and-loathing-in-the-democratic-party/) - Charting our path forward from here.
- [The Riptides of History](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2024/07/the-riptides-of-history/) - Some thoughts on living through history, again.
- [An Evergreen Preview of the 2024 Presidential Election](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2024/06/an-evergreen-preview-of-the-2024-presidential-election/) - A clash between our shared democracy and Donald Trump's dark unreality.
- [Abraham Lincoln's Take on Today's Republican Cowards](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2024/01/abraham-lincolns-take-on-todays-republican-cowards/) - January 11, 2024 — Next week, the Republican Party holds its first primary of the 2024 election in Iowa, and there's no reason to believe anything will prevent the disgraced and traitorous ex-president from securing the Party's nomination. The GOP death spiral continues as enablers of this dark movement cloak their true motives (unchecked power
- [The Essential 2024 Newsletter](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2024/01/the-essential-2024-newsletter/) - January 5, 2024 — Over the past few years, I’ve been building the necessary infrastructure to successfully engage in the art (and con) of professional political punditry. Today, I’m proud to announce that the Sometimes Weekly newsletter — yes, the very newsletter you’re reading right now — is the essential newsletter for understanding American life in 2024.
- [The Questionable Intellect of the 'Intellectual Dark Web'](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2023/03/the-questionable-intellect-of-the-intellectual-dark-web/) - March 16, 2023 — The Intellectual Dark Web is a group of prominent commentators who oppose the so-called Woke Mind Virus which they believe propagates dangerous critical theories that threaten to destroy Western civilization. They decry identity politics and cancel culture, and warn all who will listen that these malicious critical theories are being advanced by shadowy actors across
- [Where we've been and the road ahead](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2022/12/where-weve-been-and-the-road-ahead/) - December 30, 2022 — We should acknowledge the history we have lived through in plain terms. In 2016, a far right populist was elected president despite losing the popular vote. He sought to withhold defense funding from Ukraine in exchange for dirt on his chief political rival leading to his first impeachment trial. As president,
- [Combatting news fatigue and the importance of building community](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2022/12/combatting-news-fatigue-and-the-importance-of-building-community/) - December 20, 2022 — This year was a lot. So was last year. And the year before that. Living through history, we have all learned, is a lot. There is no doubt that Americans, along with most of the world, are suffering from news fatigue. Our lives have been upended by a series of crises which
- [The Russification of the American conservative movement](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2022/12/the-russification-of-the-american-conservative-movement/) - December 3, 2022 — There has emerged among the media establishment a fear of calling out connections between the conservative rhetoric in America and Russian propaganda. This may be a result of the extraordinarily effective “Russia, Russia, Russia!” slogan embraced by the Republican Party and their media allies throughout the Trump presidency, which, through sheer
- [A&E almost filmed an episode of "Paranormal State" at my house](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2018/04/ae-almost-filmed-an-episode-of-paranormal-state-at-my-house/) - April 2018: I follow-up with a television producer after eight years.
- [To Nick: Questions from 2010](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2017/12/to-nick-questions-from-2010/) - December 2017: I respond to an email from myself sent seven years prior.
- [6 Crazy Donald Trump Theories You Won’t Believe!](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2016/03/6-crazy-donald-trump-theories-you-wont-believe/) - March 2016: I explore six possible theories that explain the then-ongoing rise of Donald Trump.
- [The Lost American](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2022/12/the-lost-american/) - What does it mean to be an American?
- [Introducing: Don’t Approve This SuperPAC](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2016/02/introducing-dont-approve-this-superpac/) - February 2016: I launch my first SuperPAC and endorse Bernie Sanders and Money As Speech.
- [A collection of warnings from Joe Biden on threats to American democracy](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2022/12/a-collection-of-warnings-from-joe-biden-on-threats-to-american-democracy/) - When it comes to democracy, Americans should pay close attention to Joe Biden’s words and heed his warnings. From Charlottesville, to January 6th, to the 2022 midterm elections, Biden has clearly articulated the threats facing American democracy from the increasingly radical political right. He has been careful to distinguish between traditional Republicans, of which only
- [Joe Biden's historic speech on democracy](https://www.sometimesweekly.com/2022/08/joe-bidens-historic-speech-on-democracy/) - On Thursday, President Joe Biden will deliver a historic speech on the state of democracy in the 21st century. While Europe faces the greatest threat to its stability since World War II, Republicans in the United States have fully embraced anti-democratic principles with rhetoric that encourages continued political violence from right-wing extremists less than two

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