Trump’s Banality of Evil
By: Jared Marcel Pollen What does fascism smell like? It’s a question the late Christopher Hitchens used to ask, and
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08, 2017
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01, 2017
Women Rule – How They Took Down a King
By: Elizabeth Larkin Bouché As inauguration day approaches and women ready themselves for the Women’s March on Washington, I am
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01, 2017
Life is More Binary than Fiction: A Writer Reflects on Political Polarization
We are living in the Fruit Loops vs. Cheerios Political System. Each Fruit Loop represents a position on an issue, and each Cheerio its “opposite.” If you are on Team Fruit Loop, you MUST accept and agree and support all Fruit Loops, likewise with Team Cheerio. This is a binary system. This is bullshit. We would never allow such simple sorting for fictional characters, so why is it being pushed in reality?
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05, 2016
Ulysses S. Grant, Trump, and Fascism
In 1862, Ulysses S. Grant ordered the expulsion of all Jews in the military district under his authority. Fast-forward about 150 years, and Donald J. Trump is vowing to create a “deportation force” to expel illegal immigrants from the United States and musing aloud as to whether a database should be created to track American Muslims. Comparing Trump to Grant is an instructive exercise.
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05, 2016
Sullivan, Trump, and Tyranny in America
Howl of the Day: May 3, 2016 Veteran political commentator and online media all-star, Andrew Sullivan, emerged from semi-retirement yesterday,