Tag: Trumpism

Not to split hairs, but the 2024 election is not an opportunity to end Trumpism for good, if by the term you mean the hate and ignorance of the many tens of millions of MAGA Americans who carry this terrible …

Political Strategist James Carville on the 2024 Election Read More »

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Throughout the millennia, couples have been opting not to have children, and for many, the reason has been reluctance to bring boys and girls into a hostile and cruel world. IMO, this way of thinking has been heightened by climate …

No Children? Read More »

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From the 1989 film “Field of Dreams”: The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball …

What Can Trigger America’s Renaissance? Read More »

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I’m afraid I have bad news: No donations are going to change the belief systems of tens of millions of hateful idiots. Having said that, we are capable of electing people who believe in democracy and rule of law, and …

Trumpism and Its Antidote Read More »

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Maybe it’s too early to start thinking about reestablishing a society of respect for human decency after we get past our bout with Trumpism. As suggested in the photo here, it would be foolish to think that the journey will …

Returning to Normalcy after Trump Read More »

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A reader mentioned recently that we can’t expect Trump’s removal to change much in American society, at least anytime soon.  He reasoned that Trump granted us permission to act like ass****s to one another, and there is no mechanism by …

Trumpism Is Going to Be Hard to Undo Read More »

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As suggested at left, the truth used to be a big deal to our society.  The motto of Harvard University, arguably our nation’s most prestigious institute of learning, is veritas, signifying that truth is something worth a considerable investment on …

We Have Severed Our Relationship with the Truth Read More »

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The author of the meme at left provides us with a reminder of precisely how insane life in the United States has become since the arrival of Donald Trump on the political scene just under a decade ago.

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Early 20th Century Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset made this remark about “a stupidity that is in fashion,” implying that different elements of stupidity are fads, like bell-bottom jeans or (we hope) rap music. And that does make sense, …

A Certain Stupidity Is “in Fashion” Read More »

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At this point it appears that General McCaffrey’s concern as expressed here, that Trump could make this “once-great country as twisted, hateful, and small as he is,” will not be realized. Few Americans believe that we’re on the right track, …

The Trump Legacy Read More »

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