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In a scene that perfectly captures the strangeness of American politics today, President Donald Trump, a billionaire and self-styled champion of American business (at least the ones he likes) was all smiles during an Oval Office visit from Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist and ...
Absorbing the news about the brutal treatment of detainees, to say nothing of the outright murder of “suspected” drug runners in the Caribbean, I think back to a conversation I had in February of this year. My interlocutor was a Trump voter who had just had a friendly encounter with an ...
When visiting San Antonio with my family, I came prepared. If we were going to take our son to see the Alamo, I wanted to make sure he learned the whole history. I did not want him believing a caricature of U.S. history that only served to enshrine so-called white heroes. Especially since my ...
Bribery, inflation, plagues, crumbling trade links, stalled innovation — all these negatives helped bring down the once-mighty Roman Empire. But Rome needed centuries of bad leadership to collapse. Donald Trump seems to be undoing American greatness at warp speed. Sure, the United States ...
Disregard Trump’s rhetoric. He is an arsonist who’s aiming his flamethrower at the pillars of what does make America great. Science: Since 1950, world-changing innovations such as the internet, microprocessors, vaccines and GPS have all emerged from American labs. Scientists working at ...
I often amuse myself by asking which member of the Trump administration is most insane and dangerous. Dear reader, share your thoughts. The White House is turning the lights out on democracy. Take Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, seen as a sinister Svengali for his ruthless ...