State of the Union

“There are Lies, Lies, Lies, and More Lies, There are Damned Lies” – Trump’s SotU Speach

Richard Silverstein Donald Trump presented his second State of the Union speech tonight and it was a phantasmagoria of Trumpian grandeur, and not in a good way.  For future generations, it should be used as a model for what not to do when preparing and delivering such an address.  It was significant both for what…

Conservative Kookiness in Iowa

W.J. Astore OK.  I should know better.  When you pay attention to what conservatives are saying at the Iowa Freedom Forum, attended as it is by religious activists, you’re going to hear kookiness and craziness.  But what’s sad is how the “red meat” issues raised by the likes of Ted Cruz, Scott Walker, and Rick…