To Those Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, Please Stop Complaining. Donald Trump loves the American military. Especially the parts involving flags, salutes, fighter jets, aircraft carriers, uniforms, parades, and Donald Trump standing somewhere in the middle of the...
“Not Nearly Long Enough”, said Donald Trump—Unless You’re Actually on the Ship The USS Abraham Lincoln has now been deployed for more than 260 days, including more than 240 uninterrupted days at sea. It has gone more than 200 days without a port call....
Trump’s War on Science For generations, America operated under the quaint assumption that science was useful. Scientists developed vaccines, explored space, predicted hurricanes, improved agriculture, treated cancer, invented technologies, and occasionally performed...
When Did Kindness Become a Liberal Conspiracy? Somewhere along the way, a strange idea took hold in parts of the American political right: kindness is weakness, compassion is naïveté, and treating people with dignity is apparently the first step toward national...
MAGA and The Ten Commandments Democracy has one particularly annoying requirement: sometimes your side loses. Ordinary political parties understand this. They complain, blame consultants, fire campaign managers, discover the importance of “listening to voters,” and...
Donald Trump has apparently solved one of the oldest problems confronting presidents: What do you do when reality contains information you do not enjoy? You print a different reality. Enter Natalie Harp, Trump’s extraordinarily devoted aide, sometimes nicknamed the... 
