It is now a meme, a trope, a cliche that we are living in a post-truth world. The daily falsehoods of our president are a marquee case, but he is far from alone. In fact, substituting fiction for reality is … Continue reading
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Rather than proceed with cancer treatments in Arizona, John McCain thought it was his duty to appear back in Washington to cast a vote against Trumpcare, a misbegotten, hastily cobbled together, single-party, unvetted attempt to repeal (and not really replace) … Continue reading
A profile in “The New Yorker” (How Hollywood Remembers Steve Bannon) describes the backstory of the president’s poison whisperer. He comes from Roman Catholic, blue collar origins and grew up in Virginia where his father was a lifetime AT&T employee. … Continue reading