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Long before his Royal Trumpness had the balls to make it his actual campaign slogan, the Republican Party was promising to Make America Great Again. Usually couched in the imaginary language of “tradition,” Republican leaders have long celebrated the fabricated idea of an American golden era, circa 1945 to 1958,Continue Reading

Underneath the hyper-partisanship currently infecting the United States, is there a deeper, fundamental lack of morality in its economics and politics? Is it something new or has it been glossed over since our separation from England? There is, of course, our obsession with winning, which is on blatant display ifContinue Reading

As much as Donald Trump and his supporters believe, and erroneously repeat ad nauseum,  that NAFTA is some horrible trade policy that destroyed U.S. manufacturing,US manufacturing output is close to a record high, even when adjusted for inflation, so a full 20 years of in-depth studies show quite a differentContinue Reading

Dear Donald, I would like to personally express my gratitude to you, your staff, your wife-in-absentia, [Melania] your daughter-wife, [Ivanka] your Cabinet of (please pick all that apply) : bootlickers for managing to screw up the one thing that I never imagined would go down in such decisive flames atContinue Reading