No posting here all last week. Lame! We’re in the middle of a marketing campaign to attract new students to our English language school before our fall semester begins on September 20th. Posting will probably be light until we push through and get back to a normal schedule. Here are some things I was thinking aboutContinue reading “Weekend Links”
Category Archives: politics
Can the Republican Establishment Trump Trump?
I’m starting to feel less confident that Trump is the favorite to win the Republican Party’s nomination for president, though I would still say he has as good a chance as any of the other candidates. Predictions are hard, especially about the future, and as I read more about polling this far out from the first primaryContinue reading “Can the Republican Establishment Trump Trump?”
Surprise! Donald Trump Appeals to White Nationalists
What happens when a party’s leading candidate for its nomination for president falls in a forest and a bunch of white nationalists hear him loudly and clearly? Well, we’re finding out now. Evan Osnos, in a great reported piece for The New Yorker, happened to be out in the field researching white nationalism when the Trump candidacy reachedContinue reading “Surprise! Donald Trump Appeals to White Nationalists”
A Good Place to Start
Apples are just like oranges. Spread some peanut butter on an apple wedge, spread some peanut butter on an orange slice, same difference. Am I right? Of course not. As explained in this blog’s first post ever, the major theme here will likely be the myths and misunderstandings that bedevil contemporary American politics. It isContinue reading “A Good Place to Start”
Nonsense Consensus 