Joel Clement, a scientist at the Department of the Interior, has just joined the legions of people quitting the Trump administration and leaving toughly
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Bannon’s “Great Leader” doesn’t have what it takes
Like many of you, I watched Charlie Rose’s Steve Bannon interview on 60 minutes. Lots there to make one sad, lots more to make
Let’s have a shout-out for disorganized sports and living life
It may be that I’m romanticizing the past, but I feel so fortunate that when I was younger I had limited exposure to organized
Material Conditions First!
Consider two anecdotes: The First: Recently I tried to get into the mind of a Trump supporter that had posted a status about the
“Ferguson: Nixon Fails while Business Thrives”
Today, it looks like any other Midwestern town. There are fast food restaurants, auto shops, drug stores, a laundromat, and rows of cookie-cutter houses.
Happy Birthday
In a few weeks, I turn 20. People keep telling me how young I am— how my life is just beginning. But today I
Arrests: What’s missing from Trumpgate
It unfolded so differently. The first that we heard about it was the announcement of the arrests, not rumors. Watergate began with the weird
The night the media went South
Last night, I think that I finally got it: why Donald Trump feels that way he does about mainstream media, particularly CNN. Fake news.
An act of sanity by Trump: Skipping Correspondents’ Dinner
At first we couldn’t talk about it. The dictums of the American Psychological Association said that not only was it inappropriate for us as
Lies, more lies and then Pinocchios for Trump
Poor fact-checkers. The lies coming out of the White House just won’t stop. The Washington Post uses Pinocchios to score just how bad a