The Democratic Establishment Needs Ideas, Badly
One of the problems facing moderate and establishment candidates in their competition with their more progressive counterparts is a serious dearth of ideas.
No matter what, we have to tear down Trump’s corrupt ballroom
Demolish it, blow it up, I don't care. But the ballroom has to go.
What Democrats Can Learn from Mitch McConnell
The task ahead of them in the majority, as McConnell understood when he won the Senate under Obama, is to be an opposition to the White House and not a partner.
"The Odyssey" or what if Christopher Nolan did "The Dark Knight" in Ancient Greece?
From my Letterboxd:
This, to be clear, is not a bad thing. Nolan is covering the same thematic territory he did nearly 20 years ago and more recently with OPPENHEIMER. And it is compelling! A kind of Burkean liberalism that sees the heroism of “great men” as a necessary bulwark against disorder and chaos but understands the great men as merely men — who themselves bear some responsibility for the chaos — and sees heroism as a terrible burden to bear, more akin to a curse than a crown. There are no parades or honors. In the end you bear the scars and fade away, an exile remembered in legend.
Anyway, I am glad Hollywood keeps giving the man hundreds of millions of dollars to make his didactic and idiosyncratic blockbusters. Keep ‘em coming!
How close is Donald Trump to the "crazification" line?
For any given question you ask the public, around 25 percent of people will embrace the most unhinged or ridiculous answer available. That is the "crazification" line and it is the reason that you'll never find a politician with 80 or 90 percent opposition. How close is Donald Trump to that point?
How Donald Trump's partisan presidency is splitting the union
The president is treating Democratic-led states like colonies to be dominated, and it is the kind of thing that undermines the very notion of a federal union.
Why Natalie Harp is the most important, and powerful, person in Trump’s White House
[Vladimir Harkonnen voice] She who controls the information controls the president.
What's the deal with Natalie Harp?
Why is it that we're talking about one of the president's minor aides, what is her significance to Trump, and why the whole scandal demonstrates the political importance of being aggressive and getting attention.