Make America Great Again
The Argument Over Whether "America Is That Great" Is Dumb Beyond Belief
There's a big flap right now over New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's statement that America “was never that great.” Cuomo's comments to an audience in New York last Friday were predictably pounced upon by the Trump supporting right that demands absolute fealty to their vision of an ...read more
Trumpers Have 'Gone Clear' And Nothing Will Shake Them Back To Sanity
Immediately following the 2016 election, various cable news hosts fought for the privilege of being the first to suggest that Democrats need to reach out to supporters of Donald Trump. Hell, even before then, Saturday Night Live tried to tell us Democrats and Trumpers had nearly ...read more
Trumpers Don't Get It: Radical Populism Didn't Give Us The 1950s Utopia They're Seeking
Not too long ago, I was visiting a friend's house for a holiday gathering. The conversation in the room turned to politics as it tends to do in times of crisis, and after an hour or so of back-and-forth about the current status of Trump's damaging presidency, something occurred ...read more