We’re just over a month into Donald Trump’s presidency, and not a day goes by without coverage of protests. Big protests, yuge, luxurious protests, full of the most magnificent people protesting bigly, all doing an unbelievably great job being recognized by more and more people. Sure, the protests haven’t all been pretty, though the flagship…
What’s 30 Pieces of Silver Worth These Days? The Religious Right is About to Find Out
Turns out you can buy the religious right off for pretty cheap these days.
An Open Letter To Chris Christie
Dear Governor Christie, Well, you’ve had quite a week. Indeed, you’ve had quite a six months. You gambled your entire political career, got humiliated long-term and short-term while the Trump team strung you along, and then you were dropped. Though you and I don’t agree on much, I think we can agree that they did…
Curing The Gay: A Helpful Plan For The GOP
Dear Republican Party, Well, you’ve crafted quite a platform this time around. I look forward to seeing the votes on it at this week’s big convention, and to the rains of frogs and/or plagues of locusts that are sure to follow if it doesn’t pass. You’ve gotten flak for proposing some platform planks that some…
Everything You Need To Know About Last Night’s GOP Debate
The trouble with political reporting is that it disintegrates in the sunlight after a day or two. What was on Wednesday the sole object of national political scrutiny becomes on Thursday a collective hallucination, if it becomes anything. The struggle to find meaning in the wreckage of all the ephemera is a thankless task, if…