Category Archives: Trump (Don the Con)
The Second American Revolution Has Begun, and This New Trump Court Is Carrying It Out
Warning: read this only if you are actually willing to do the minimal work necessary to understand the revolution that the Extreme Court of the United States is effecting right now. It can happen here, folks. It is happening. And … Continue reading
What Fascism Looks Like
In the middle of the last century, the United States and its allies fought a world war to end fascism. What did fascism look like? Well, it looked like this: Like Hilter or Mussolini, Donald Trump . . . Has … Continue reading
Prosecuting Trump for Insurrection
Could someone please wake up A. G. Garland? If Garland doesn’t prosecute Trump, then democracy in America is already over. The only think distinguishing us from a banana republic is that we don’t grow bananas ourselves. That said, here is … Continue reading
On the Dobbs Decision: It Can Happen, It Is Happening, Here
I’ve never liked the term unenumerated rights because the point is not whether they are numbered but whether they are expressed, so until now, I have avoided it in my comments on this decision. But that’s the standard legal term … Continue reading
Ukraine and the U.S.: A Tale of Two Republics
In literary studies, a foil is a character who stands in contrast to another character, thereby throwing the qualities of the other character into sharp relief. I’d like to share an example, which I’ll call, “A Tale of Two Republics.” … Continue reading
How to Become an Expert on Military Strategy and Preparedness
Too bad we don’t have a stable genius like Donald Trump in the offal office right now, given the war in Ukraine. He is soooooo well informed! Here, a blast from the past, Trump talking to NBC reporter Chuck Todd … Continue reading
What George Orwell Had to Say about Alternative Facts Universes like Those of Putin and Trump
We live in an open society, and so it is relatively easy for Putin to embed agents (e.g., Maria Butina) and recruit assets here to spread his “truths.” Because we are awash in agents and assets (witting and unwitting) of … Continue reading
An Existentialist Perspective on Russia v. the West
This is an excerpt from a PBS interview with the profound, learned, witty, altogether brilliant Russian political scholar and former member of the Russian Duma Ekaterina Schulmann. It’s from a series called The Putin Files. I say that this is … Continue reading
Why Repugnicans Support “School Choice” and a Look Back at the Repugnican National Convention
Republicans face an existential threat. Polling shows that young people oppose them, often by overwhelming numbers, on every issue. And, of course, the country is becoming less white. So, if they are to keep from going the way of the … Continue reading
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