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Here’s How The Donald Could End America’s New Feudalism
NEW GEOGRAPHY--One obvious, if little discussed, reason the progressive wave receded last week: The left’s increasingly unappealing economic agenda. In the past, progressives focused on improving conditions for working and middle class Ame…
Sorry, I Can’t Give Trump a Chance … Here’s Why
YOU GOTTA STAND FOR SOMETHING--As Donald Trump plans his transition into the White House, some have called for “unity.” Let’s “come togethe…
Melania …Time to Tackle Post-Election Cyberbullying
THIS IS WHAT I KNOW-This has been a long week. As a politically engaged vocal activist and a writer, I find it beyond challenging to silenc…
Ivanka Trump, Chelsea Clinton, and the Emerging Female Electorate
BATTLING GEN X AND MILLENNIAL PERSPECTIVES?-The 2016 election is in the rear-view mirror. But the votes and views of a key demographic grou…
Right on Cue, Media Begins to Normalize Trump
TRUMP BRAND ADJUSTMENT BEGINS-Throughout the election, critics often savaged the media for “normalizing Trump,” broadly defined as the act…
Ivanka Trump Will be the One … to Break the Glass Ceiling
PERSPECTIVE-Ivanka Trump will take the oath of office as President of the United States in 2032. By then, she will have served in Congress…
The Trump Phenomenon: How Orange Became the New Black
LEANING RIGHT--After eight years of George W. Bush ("the uniter, not the divider") and Barack H. Obama ("hope and change") we now have the…
Donald J. Trump, the Presidency, and American Karma
ELECTORAL COLLEGE REDUX-At 11:30 p.m. on Election Night 2012, outraged at President Barack Obama’s re-election victory over GOP nominee Mit…
What the Demographics Expose: We are No Longer the UNITED States of America
NEW GEOGRAPHY-In an election so ugly and so close, one is reluctant to proclaim winners. But it’s clear that there’s a loser -- the very no…
Trumping the Elites
NEW GEOGRAPHY-She had it all -- the pliant media, the tech oligarchs, Wall Street, the property moguls, the academics, and the all-around “…
Revenge of the ‘Deplorables’
TRUTHDIG--The people Hillary Clinton derided as a “basket of deplorables” have spoken. They have voted out of the pain of their economic mi…
The Pain of an Election Loss Is Intense … but Short-Lived
THE MOURNING AFTER-Was your party rejected by the voters during Tuesday’s election? If so, here are two things you should know.
You sho…
Obama: ‘Go Out There and Win an Election’
@THE GUSS REPORT-Any fair-minded person knows that fighting racism (and other forms of discrimination) is an important pursuit. But people…
Wall Street. Wednesday. Watch Out!
@THE GUSS REPORT-At the risk of momentarily being labeled as a jingoist, the world’s stability is largely based on that of the United State…
Post-Election Fascist Scenarios for the United States
GUEST WORDS--As the Presidential election campaign ends, the smears and accusations have not let up. The Clinton forces accuse Donald Trump…
Here’s What We Learned During This Miserable, Endless Election Year
CAMPAIGN 2016--Remember Jeb Bush? You know, he was the guy, with the... thing? And our dear friend Martin O’ Malley! He held an event in Io…
I Can’t Vote. If You Can, You Must
ELECTION 2016--In an era of increasing dissatisfaction with and disengagement from governments, political parties, and much of the rest of…
Stanford Rape Survivor’s Moving Essay: Life after the Trial
FIRST PERSON--It is impossible to fully express the devastation of sexual assault in words. But for millions who read the “victim impact st…
Advice to Hillary: Act Like Reagan
GELFAND’S WORLD-Most everyone understands that Hillary Clinton is going to be elected president a week from Tuesday and will be sworn in on…
What Makes Us American is Not Race but Anglo Saxon Ideas: Due Process, Rep Government, Free Speech
NEW GEOGRAPHY-It’s increasingly unfashionable to celebrate those who made this republic and established its core values. On college campuse…
