Tag: Donald Trump
Disaster Payoffs: Best Lessons From the Worst Campaign
Look at all the marvels we learned this past year. Our revered democracy, battered by money and bludgeoned by bad faith, can still distinguish an utter phony, skilled mainly as con artist, from adult candidates capable of governance. All but Trump offer the minimum for any viable president: deflecting monumental disruption and chaos.
Bad Hombre
Michelle, you get four years off for great behavior but we want to see you run in 2020. No one could heal this nation better.
Small Business Owners Take to the Letters Page to Take On...
Small business owners are speaking out against Donald Trump.
Syria, Ready to Explode; yet the U.S. Media Remains Fixated...
Maybe, just maybe, when this long, drawn out, reality show version of a presidential election finally comes to a welcome end, it may be possible that this media will turn its attention to critically important world affairs, especially the conflict in Syria; and the American people will no longer remain in the dark.
The Trust Destroyers
The cumulative damage of today’s ethos of doing whatever it takes to win, even at the cost of undermining the integrity of our system, is incalculable.
Trump’s Horror Show Hides Clinton’s Rotten Agenda
Donald Trump is so despicable that no one is paying attention to what Hillary Clinton actually stands for.
23 Numbers to Know About Election 2016
New facts, figures and curiosities that help explain a wild campaign.
Khizr Khan Releases Powerful Anti-Trump Ad
“I want to ask Mr. Trump, would my son have a place in your America?”
Clinton and Trump Meet in Final Presidential Debate: Experts Respond
The Conversation’s experts were watching the debate with an eye across the candidates’ performances and the key policy areas. Their responses follow.
Our Long National Debate Nightmare is Over
Until the public demands better, the puppet show will go on.
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What July 5th taught me that July 4th never did
Real freedom doesn’t come wrapped in patriotic speeches or military parades, it comes through struggle, sacrifice, and the refusal to bow to empire, no matter what form it takes.
What happens when bad guys win—without direct counter-punches except defiance and litigation?
If we don’t learn from failure, do we then not forfeit the “sapiens” (wisdom, intelligence) that in the end allegedly sets our species apart?
Why faith leaders are standing up to the largest pro-Israel Christian lobby
An interfaith campaign is confronting one of the most powerful groups driving unconditional support for Israel and the genocide in Gaza with spiritual resistance.
EPA employees sign ‘Declaration of Dissent’ over Trump administration policies
The employees said the administration’s policies “undermine the EPA mission of protecting human health and the environment.”
The inevitable militarization of space?
For decades, international treaties and diplomatic pressure largely constrained the militarization of space. But in the 2020s, open defiance has replaced subtle circumvention, and the prospect of full-scale weaponization is no longer theoretical.