“Only in America / Land of opportunity” —Jay & the Americans
God, I love this country.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — It was visceral. Women felt gutted, shocked, appalled, afraid. The prospect of celebrating the election of the nation’s first female president had been crushed … Read more »
By Neal Gabler – BillMoyers.com
America died on Nov. 8, 2016, not with a bang or a whimper, but at its own hand via electoral suicide. We the people chose a man who has shredded our values, our morals, our … Read more »
By Charles M. Blow – The New York Times.
Donald J. Trump is president-elect of the United States. Now there’s a sentence I never thought I’d write.
Against all odds and against all forms of the establishment, he prevailed. He … Read more »
TheDailyBeast.com
Russian officials have said they were in contact with many of President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign team during the run-up to the U.S. presidential election. Despite the fact that Trump’s team has repeatedly denied this assertion, Russia on Thursday confirmed … Read more »
By David Remnick- The New Yorker.
The election of Donald Trump to the Presidency is nothing less than a tragedy for the American republic, a tragedy for the Constitution, and a triumph for the forces, at home and abroad, of … Read more »
On fiscal deficit
By David Ashworth – MarketRealist.com
370 economists signed a statement asking people not to vote for Donald Trump due to the threat that he poses to the US economy. They have also criticized his views on the … Read more »
By Paul Krugman – The New York Times.
It’s almost over. Will we heave a sigh of relief, or shriek in horror? Nobody knows for sure, although early indications clearly lean Clinton. Whatever happens, however, let’s be clear: this was, … Read more »
By Charles M. Blow – The New York Times.
America, Election Day is our national day of reckoning, the day we do battle at the ballot box to beat back the advance of the butternut squash-tanned barbarian.
I know you’re … Read more »
By Nicholas Kristof- The New York Times.
ONE of the great misperceptions of this political year, among many Democrats and Republicans alike, is that Hillary Clinton is a third-rate candidate with no core or convictions — oops, wrong word, but … Read more »
