Communication and Change
[Also published at Huffington Post.] For decades, the GOP has been playing its base for suckers, by running the Grand Old Play: pander to the small-government, traditional-values rubes, and then get back to real business: serving business. Washington … [Continue reading] about Suicide Mission: In Embracing Trump, the GOP May Finally Stop Him — And Destroy Itself
Donald Trump's ideas are widely recognized as not just hateful, but idiotic. And yet the conventional wisdom in most of the media is that, all the same, "he's a smart guy" -- after all, look how successful he is. Even his liberal critics, … [Continue reading] about Who Says Trump Is Smart?
We knew liberals would be denouncing Donald Trump's hateful call to ban Muslims from entering the United States — and God bless them. But so too are leading conservatives — and God bless them, too: (Updated 12/8/2015) Dick Cheney: “I think this … [Continue reading] about Conservatives, liberals join in repudiating Trump’s hate speech against Muslims
Donald Trump believes we should have a "total and complete* shutdown" of all U.S. immigration by Muslims. And the idea got him a standing ovation at a rally today. OK, I get that bigots feel no shame over being bigots. But how is it they feel … [Continue reading] about I get that bigots aren’t ashamed of being bigots — but why aren’t they ashamed of being cowards?
One trivial question after another, ignoring one substantive answer after another. In the near aftermath of what’s been called France’s 9/11, all the U.S. press corps in Antalya wanted to know about was whether President Obama thought he had … [Continue reading] about Our Embarrassing Press Corps: President Obama’s ISIS Q&A at the G20