Incoherence and dictatorial ignorance
The Atlantic's Derek Thompson ventures that Hollywood screenwriter William Goldman's aphorism of "Nobody knows anything" is the best...
Apr 73 min read
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Four out of five Americans might take Trump down
The total turnout for yesterday's "Hands Off!" protests was too massive to permit, thus far, a head count. Reported is that "millions"...
Apr 63 min read
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He still has a party to deal with
There's another angle on Trump's "No I'm not joking [about a third term]" I didn't get to in an earlier piece , and it's more interesting...
Apr 54 min read
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Remember that European war? Only you-know-who could make it even worse.
The Russia-Ukraine war is mostly out of news sight, what with Trump's shall we say rather lively happenings at home, such as inflicting...
Apr 44 min read
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Of Tariffs, Trump, and the Terror of "America First"
[This post should begin with the horror's last update, as seen from my perch: Noon, PDT, the Dow Jones average has freefallen by 1,405...
Apr 34 min read
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Democrats' bind, and a way out
"Democrats could make a reasonable argument that 2016 was a fluke. The results of the 2024 election were far more of an existential...
Apr 25 min read
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