Donald Trump’s pick of Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State sends a chilling message about the new administration’s commitment to addressing the challenges of
Category: 2016 Election
With Trump, is there a line between business and government?
The idea of a Donald Trump presidency has me musing about what we were supposed to learn in school. We were taught that capitalism
It’s not surprising that now is the time that “Forgotten Americans” rose up
It should not surprise us that 2016 has been the year of the Trump voter. It could well have happened without Donald Trump. Just
Trump and the triumphant “free market” Republicans
As I watch the disastrous choices DT is making for important positions in the federal government, I am more and more convinced the tea
Time’s edited transcript of Trump’s Person-of-the-Year interview: What’s missing?
What did Donald Trump really say during his Person-of-the-Year interview with Time magazine? We will never know, because Time has published only edited excerpts
The party of identity politics needs to identify Trump voters
You have to name it before you can deal with it. That is sound advice often given by psychologists, sociologists, medical doctors, in fact
My post on Trump’s NYT interview transcript went viral: Why?
Why did my recent post–featuring excerpts from the transcript of Donald Trump’s New York Times interview–go viral? I have a theory. But first, some
Is there a link between belief in fake news and belief in religion?
The airwaves are currently filled with both outrage towards and defense of the fake news that has been competing with “real news” of the
How Trump figured out “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”
Ever since Thomas Frank’s “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” book came out in April, 2007, Democrats have been flummoxed about why so many Americans
Here’s my letter to Electors: Now it’s your turn
I’ve just sent the following letter to all 10 of Missouri’s presidential Electors. Missouri is so deep, deep red that I doubt that I’ll