The Dangers Of A Minority That Believes It's A Majority And Deserves To Be So
Josh Marshall has hit upon something very important that we all need to understand about the coalition behind Trump’s success. Marshall points...
Yearly Archive: 2016
In Silicon Valley, "Disruptive" Is Another Word For Regulatory Arbitrage
Amazon initially built its business by driving mom-and-pop booksellers out of the retail business and then destroying the big chain book...
Astronomy Adventure – The Pleiades
Let’s take a quick break from the insanity that is the Trump administration and escape from the Earth altogether. It has...
GOP Makes U-Turn Regarding Retribution Against Offshoring Companies
Kevin Drum at Mother Jones points us to an article in the Washington Post by Jim Tankersley that highlights the typical...
So Many Things Wrong With Trump's Boeing Tweet
Trump’s latest tweet about Boeing raises another opportunity for massive corruption by the Trump family and the members of and hangers...
Hate Crimes Continue With No Comment From Our President-Elect
We are now almost one month out from the Presidential election that was won by a racist xenophobic bully. In the...
UK Supreme Court To Hear Arguments On Invoking Article 50
Yesterday, Britain’s Supreme Court began a four day hearing on the question of whether Parliament is required to vote before the...
Italy's Government Falls Posing More Danger For EU
In another blow that could lead to the collapse of the European Union, the government of Matteo Renzi in Italy has...
Trump, Republicans Destroy Another Democratic Norm – The Transition Of Power
I’m not sure that this has been pointed out strongly enough in the mainstream press but it strikes me as completely...
More Post-Election Analysis Provides Conflicting Information
Each side in the diagnosis of the Democrat’s electoral failure can marshal some new studies in defense of their point of...