SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:51 P.M. ET: 

OH, HOW WE'LL MISS HIM – FROM DAILY CALLER:   Keith Olbermann, the anti-Trump video blogger, announced on Monday that he is retiring from political commentary.  The former MSNBC host made the announcement during the final episode of “The Resistance,” a political show sponsored by GQ that airs on Youtube.  “No illness, no scandal, no firing. Just, I’ve said what I’ve had to say. It was as obvious as I made it seem,” said Olbermann.  In the wind-up to his announcement, Olbermann claimed that it is all but inevitable that Trump will either be removed from office or resign from the White House. He asserted that the Republican be impeached over the Russia investigation or forced by Republicans to leave office.  America will not be the same without him.  Interpret that any way you wish.

A GOOD GUY – FROM FOX:   Actor Denzel Washington stressed the prison system was not to blame for crime in black communities, stressing the importance of properly raising children at home, during his tour promoting his new movie at an advanced screening last week.  “It starts in the home,” the two-time Oscar-winner told The Grio. “If the father is not in the home, the boy will find a father in the streets. I saw it in my generation and every generation before me, and every one since.”  “If the streets raise you, then the judge becomes your mother and prison becomes your home,” 62-year-old Washington added.  Well said, Denzel.  I hope the black establishment doesn't shut him down.

DUMB – FROM TIMES OF ISRAEL:  The New York Times on Monday responded to accusations that it was normalizing neo-Nazis in a Saturday article, saying it regretted the degree to which it caused offense.  A story published in the Gray Lady describing Dayton-area neo-Nazi Tony Hovater as “polite and low-key,” with “Midwestern manners [that] would please anyone’s mother,” kicked up an internet storm over the weekend, with even writer Richard Fausset admitting that his piece was lacking.  And no one at The Times noticed how offensive the piece was?  That's the remarkable thing here.

November 27, 2017