Voices for Change

Is Donald now bursting with envy,/ Upstaged by Santos’ lying frenzy?

America and the rest of the world must hold our collective breath, hoping that the next elections – the midterms of 2018 and then the presidential election of 2020 – set things right.

Let me start 2022 by heading back — way, way back — for a moment. It’s easy to forget...

But what reforms come without great pains?/The status quo sneers at balls and chains.

Ultimate bunker buster against Trumpism is to demolish his fraudulent magic show, not let him flee when his incompetence is scrutinized. Trump exemplifies the “triumph of the will” school in which he’s the special, self-appointed strongman destined to save the world by ruling it. The great vulnerability is his empty, amoral magic shell game has neither hidden bean, nor relevance to the world outside his selfish bubble. And though pathological, he's not an effective political liar.

Donald Trump thinks his intuition is better than knowledge of the past. That’s dangerous for him and all the rest of us.

The biggest uncertainty is the economy.

Trump figures that at some point the murk will seem too complicated and too partisan. Could he get away with it?

The electoral field, thanks to history’s most vulnerable president, is wide open – handing the left a great opportunity for a stunning harvest.

The basic deal between American corporations and American politicians has been a terrible deal for America.