I’m a dumb guy, especially when it comes to economics. I don’t have a Nobel Prize like New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. I don’t have a doctorate or even a graduate degree. But in spite of my unimpressive credentials, I’ve got a question for Professor Krugman and others: Does money grow on trees?

You see, when I get my credit card bill every month, I have to pay it. If I don’t, it costs me a heck of a lot more. And although my available credit is pretty generous, it eventually runs out.

I learned recently of an experiment unique in scientific circles, conducted by the U.S. Department of Satire, Parody and Other Endangered Resources. Three leading members of the Republican Party were given a truth serum, which caused them to speak honestly and openly about the current political situation. Audio recordings were made of their comments, which have been transcribed.

My mother had a special description for upstanding citizens who didn’t engage in evil acts but kept silent about the ones committed around them. She called them “good Germans.“

I suspect that if Mom were alive today, she’d describe Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Gov. Mike DeWine that way. These two Republicans aren’t attacking law enforcement and scapegoating immigrants like Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Urbana, who stoops to any level to win a favorable tweet from the president. Sen. Portman and Gov. DeWine are gentlemen. They would probably never lie about crowd size, demand their enemies be investigated by the Justice Department or pay hush money to cover up affairs. They just keep quiet about these things.

Phil discuses evangelical support for Trump on the Cunningham Show.

CINCINNATI — Comedian Bill Maher likes to point out the double standards practiced by Bible-thumpers like me – bringing up, for example, the time a leading anti-gay activist and co-founder of the Family Research Council was caught returning from a European vacation with a male prostitute.