With the advent of a Trump presidency fast approaching, the American Left appears despondent and discouraged. They may take potential hope from a series
Rex Tillerson: What does he really think about climate change? Who knows?
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
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
Reflections on George Carlin, in the era of Donald Trump
Before capitulating to misanthropy, George Carlin delighted many of us by eviscerating the meritocracy’s treacherous rhetoric. Towards the end of his life, he tragically
The United States of corporate welfare
Another day, another corporation receiving massive tax breaks by the government. Most recently, it was $7 million from the Trump/Pence administration to Carrier (owned
Make the pie higher: nostalgia for W in a Trump era
Recent references to Donald Trump’s bizarre ramblings in interview transcripts (Trump’s NYT transcript: Read it, and weep for our country) make one yearn for
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