A Party of Transcendence
“As we think about the election — what went wrong, what’s been unleashed and what we should do about it...
“As we think about the election — what went wrong, what’s been unleashed and what we should do about it...
“Maybe this much is true. Donald Trump, pseudo-president-elect, loser of the real election, charismatic stump-speech populist whose actual ability…” Robert...
“And so we are a nation up for grabs. Racist populism trounces . . . uh, trumps . . ....
“Maybe it’s the phrase — “Commander in Chief” — that best captures the transcendent absurdity and unaddressed horrors of the...
“Values the size of Planet Earth are at stake, as the American presidential election grows ever smaller, ever pettier, ever...
“Well, OK, let’s think about these words of Jill Stein for a moment, as the 2016 presidential race enters, oh...
“There was more than one loser in the big debate, but that’s no surprise. I hardly expected any issues of...
“Maybe half a million dead, half a country — 10 million people — displaced from their homes, jettisoned onto the...
“The dogs growl, the pepper spray bites, the bulldozers tear up the soil. “Water is life!” they cry. “Water is...
“The paradox of democracy is that it depends on the integrity of those who have the most to lose if...
“This is a little too big to simply call “news.” Indeed, I can’t move beyond these words — especially that...
“He’d left the water running, flooding neighbors’ apartments. He’d been running around outside naked. By the time police arrived, he...
“It’s the smallest thing in the world. Does the tennis ball land inside the line or outside? But somehow, as...
“Donald Trump is a reckless fool. But the U.S. defense establishment is M.A.D. And herein lies one of the darker...
“What would it take to cause Hillary Clinton to distance herself from the newly launched bombing campaign in Libya? Or...