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2016 Election

Think Again About Third Party POTUS Candidates

The late author James Michener wrote a book entitled Presidential Lottery that was published in 1969.  Excluding its appendices, the paperback version comes in at 126 pages, making it one of Michener’s shortest books (many of his novels exceed a thousand pages; I always thought that his books became fascinating once the reader gets past page 300). Presidential Lottery, though, isn’t a novel.  After serving … Continue reading Think Again About Third Party POTUS Candidates

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2016 Election, Donald Trump, Media

The United States, a Kleptocracy

According to Merriam-Webster, a “kleptocracy” is “a government by those who seek chiefly status and personal gain at the expense of the governed.” I’d thought of an administration headed by FuckFace Von Clownstick* as perhaps an Idiocracy (a mediocre movie that now seems a bit prescient), but never imagined that the United States could devolve into something that – to me – always seemed exclusive to … Continue reading The United States, a Kleptocracy

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A “Post-Truth” President and the American Media

The day after Donald Trump gained more than 270 Electoral College votes, thereby winning the U.S. Presidency, I heard a commentator on either CNN or MSNBC refer to him as “our first post-truth President”. Um … what?  I wouldn’t have been able to get away with telling my mother 40 years ago, that I hadn’t lied, exactly, I was just being post-truth.  She would rightfully … Continue reading A “Post-Truth” President and the American Media

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