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The imperative to test Trump’s limits

January 25, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Democracy, Nuclear weapons, Republican Brain, Republicans One comment

How far will Trump go before it’s too late? We need to test the limits. President Donald Trump has already shown that he is

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Alternative facts and the need for footnotes

January 24, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Republican Brain, Trump Leave a comment

We have entered the era of “alternative facts.” Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, is the person Trump always wants speaking for him

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It’s not surprising that now is the time that “Forgotten Americans” rose up

December 9, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Democracy, Democrats, Politics, Poverty, Republican Brain 5 comments

It should not surprise us that 2016 has been the year of the Trump voter. It could well have happened without Donald Trump. Just

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How Trump figured out “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”

December 6, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Republican Brain, Trump Leave a comment

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

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The impact of critical mass on a Trump Administration

November 30, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Democracy, Politics, Republican Brain Leave a comment

The term “critical mass” came into vogue near the end of World War II when it was identified as “the amount of fissile material

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Remember inflation? Let Trumponomics remind you

November 16, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Economy, Government, Infrastructure, Republican Brain, Republicans, Social Sec/Medicare, Taxes Leave a comment

It’s been perhaps a generation and a half since America experienced the pain of double-digit inflation. We don’t talk much about inflation these days,

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Why is the anger of Trump supporters so displaced?

November 11, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Democracy, Infrastructure, Politics, Republican Brain 6 comments

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

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We can learn a lot from the President and Hillary Clinton about how to respond to Trump

November 10, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Democracy, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Republican Brain Leave a comment

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

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Don’t forget the path Trump took to get here

October 3, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans One comment

Ever since Hillary Clinton made her “Basket of Deplorables” comment, a number of Democrats have become more sensitive to those very people. This is

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Hillary has always had it right about the “vast right-wing conspiracy”

August 26, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Republican Brain Leave a comment

Usually when someone speaks about a conspiracy, we think that person is some sort of a “conspiratorial freak.” That could not be further from

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