One of the more impressive magic tricks in modern American politics is Donald Trump’s ability to stand beneath a chandelier, surrounded by millionaires, billionaires, private jets, gold-plated furniture, and enough donor money to finance a small country, and still...
Apparently, America will regain its greatness once everyone becomes mean enough. Somewhere along the way, a strange idea took hold on parts of the American political right: kindness is weakness, compassion is naïveté, and treating people with dignity is apparently the...
We Need The Military! Donald Trump has spent decades telling Americans that he is a brilliant businessman. Then somebody asked him about the bond market. Suddenly, we needed the Marines. Before leaving for South Carolina, Trump was asked about Treasury Secretary Scott...
Donald Trump has once again discovered his favorite form of foreign policy: be suspicious of your allies and adoring about dictators. This week Trump ordered the Pentagon to substantially reduce U.S. participation in joint military exercises with South Korea, saying...
Testosterone, No-Nonsense, and Toughness Pete Hegseth has apparently solved the complicated problem of national defense. For decades, military planners worried about strategy, logistics, intelligence, training, technological superiority and competent leadership....
Trump Escapes in the Catering Truck Donald Trump has spent years constructing the image of a man so fearless that danger itself supposedly asks permission before approaching him. Then Iran apparently threatened Air Force One, and the Leader of the Free World... 
