Now that the Electoral College has failed—not unexpectedly—in its wished-for mission to stop a demagogue from becoming President of the United States, we need
Tag: Donald Trump
Republicans play politics for fun, not progress
Gridlock, contentiousness, do-nothing …. these are all good descriptors of what the Republican Party has recently done to American politics. To progressives, this is
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
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
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
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