I believe that many of those who “held their noses” and voted for Trump believe that he didn’t really mean all of the vile
Category: 2016 Election
The hypocrisy of protesting about peaceful protests
It is amazing to see Trump voters complaining about peaceful protests. How many of them were silent when Trump spewed his hatred, and encouraged
Let’s award electoral votes to the national popular vote winner
What should be done about the Electoral College, now that, for the fifth time in US history, one candidate has won the popular vote,
Why is the anger of Trump supporters so displaced?
It takes a special kind of anger to be a Trump supporter. It’s not just that you might be frustrated with your economic condition
We can learn a lot from the President and Hillary Clinton about how to respond to Trump
What happens when a narcissist is overwhelmed with kindness? I really can’t call Donald Trump a narcissist since I am not a trained therapist
Democracy at the bat: Post-Trump edition
With apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer, the author—in 1888—of this famous poem, here is my updated, truncated, post-Trump 2016-election version of “Casey at the
The end of the game: Trump wins
A vulgar, colossally ignorant, TV reality show host will be the next president of the United States. The Republican mafia rode his coattails to
Waiting to exhale: The day after the election, by Bernie Sanders
Last week Bernie Sanders penned a powerful a powerful editorial piece for the Boston Globe, entitled “Here’s What I’ll Do the Day After the
Brexit, Colombia, Trump, and the threat of the unexpected
This year pre-Brexit, polls in Britain were equivocal. Would Britain continue as a member of the European Community? Nobody knew. However, in the weeks
Barbarian at the gate: 400 prominent economists speak out against Trump
Less than a week before Americans go to the polls, four hundred of the country’s most prominent economists, including eight Nobel Laureates, have signed