What I’ve Been Thinking About Since Trump Won
Some post-election thoughts now that Donald Trump is President Elect of the United States. Are all his supporters racists and sexists? Who is to blame?
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What Would it Take for Voters to Dump Trump?
What would it take for conservatives to dump Donald Trump? This is not a rhetorical question.
Continue reading →You Won’t Believe Who Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital is Supporting for President
Bain Capital, the private equity firm that Mitt Romney founded, is throwing a big election fundraiser in February. You will not believe who it is for.
Continue reading →Just What Exactly is ‘The Establishment’ and What Can We Do About It?
We hear a lot of talk about The Establishment, but what is it? And how should we oppose it?
Continue reading →Will 2016 Mark the Death of Two-Party Politics?
Yay! After much searching, I finally stumbled on a reason for rejoicing in the 2016 election—it might mark the death of two-party politics. Most of us thought we would never see this day. We thought upending the two-party system would take a charismatic third-party candidate with cross-over appeal to sweep the middle voters off their […]
Continue reading →Ben Carson and Donald Trump: The Accidental Bully and the Oscar Wilde Gentleman
The GOP has a reputation for being filled with a bunch of great big old meanies. In the past few days, Donald Trump and Ben Carson have been both accidentally and intentionally feeding that reputation. Let’s begin with poor Ben Carson who, in an apparent attempt to create rapport with a group of fifth-graders, encouraged them […]
Continue reading →Are Americans Too Stupid for Democracy to Work?
A new study out of Cornell University indicates that Americans are too stupid for democracy to work: The research, led by David Dunning, a psychologist at Cornell University, shows that incompetent people are inherently unable to judge the competence of other people, or the quality of those people’s ideas. For example, if people lack expertise […]
Continue reading →Is Donald Trump the New Barry Goldwater?
A lot of people have been comparing Donald Trump to Barry Goldwater because they are both “anti-establishment” candidates who still have popular support. But that’s about where the comparison ends. Barry Goldwater, like Ron Paul, stood by fixed convictions that made him very unpopular with establishment GOP players. He wasn’t able to be manipulated. In […]
Continue reading →McDonald’s, the Grand Trump Denial, and Our Impending National Humiliation
McDonald’s is the butt of a lot of jokes. Especially ones that involve tacky, horrible, ugly things that people still buy anyway. Comedian Jim Gaffigan has a whole routine on his embarrassing love for McDonald’s: I reference McDonald’s a lot ’cause I go to McDonalds. I love the silence that follows that statement—like I just […]
Continue reading →Was that a Republican Debate or a Circus Side Show?
The second Republican debate happened last night for three and a half hours. And I don’t know if I would call it a debate really. Especially in the first thirty minutes or so, it seemed like a circus side show—a contest to determine which Republican candidate could be the most obnoxious class clown. And if […]
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