Bad Company
Bannon was an irredeemable jerk before he met Trump, but after he worked in the White House he became an irredeemable jerk with the ear of the president.
Politics
Angry, Phony, Nasty, and Mad
This is all Trump knows how to do: attack and destroy. He has no talent for leadership or for bringing people together. He has no instinct for improvement. He only knows how to divide and tear things down.
Ohio or Thighland?
The “Mother of Modern Presidents.” The Muttering of a Modern President. Number 1 in Swiss Cheese production. Number 1 in knee adduction. Home to one of the worst gender pay gaps in the country. Home to the elusive and often physically impossible “thigh gap.” Birthplace of Thomas Edison. Birthplace of runners rash. Hosts the world’s …
The Suburban Lifestyle Dream is an American Nightmare
The stupidity boggles. Setting aside the fact that “Suburban Lifestyle Dream” sounds like a poorly conceived Stepford Barbie accessory, the notion that suburbs today are largely white, middle class neighborhoods is ludicrous. It’s outdated and offensive, just like Trump himself.
How to Seem Smart
Read a book. This is the sort of thing smart people do even when no one is looking.
It Can Happen Here
Secret police are common in authoritarian dictatorships and dystopian fiction, but this is America in the real world. These tactics are designed to scare and to silence anyone who dares speak out against the people in power.
One More Bitter Pill to Swallow—and to Pay For
Health insurers don’t exist to provide coverage, they exist to deny coverage. But all of this could be fixed if we turned our efforts toward providing health care rather than health insurance.
Voting Should be This Easy
Colorado is proof that mail-in ballots work. They make voting easier, more convenient, and safer.
Changing the Flag Won’t Change History, But It Might Change the Future
But too many of the state’s politicians—particularly Gov. Tate Reeves and State Sen. Chris McDaniel—lack the will or the nerve to do the right thing. That’s too bad. Because as long as Mississippi clings to the symbols of the past it will remain firmly stuck there
The Art of the Bestseller
The people who support Trump don’t care that he’s cruel and faithless and ruthless. Apparently, they like these qualities.