Yesterday marked eighty years since the beginning of World War II, as we tend to count it, with the invasion of Poland by the Nazi war machine. Of course there was a long prelude of aggression and conquest by Japan … Continue reading
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Donald Trump’s M.O. has been to sell the sizzle not the steak, the promise not the product, and to distract from the con by such misdirection. Overpriced real estate was fool’s gold. A fake University promised success, while picking the … Continue reading
We think of ourselves as a revolutionary country because we began with a revolution. But oddly enough, it began as a demand for the redress of grievances. We didn’t want to get out of it the existing order, but to … Continue reading