A Father Comforts Driver Who Hit His Daughter

The historically strong labor market means employees arent feeling the pinch like they might have in years past.

Popular SovereigntyPossibly the worst conclusion people are drawing from 2016 is that democracy itself is to blame.Who is more establishment than Trump? While many in the oligarch class are horrified at Trumps ascendance.

Ill just say its easier for me to understand why Rust Belt union members voted for an anti-NAFTA bigot than it is to understand why these women voted for an alleged rapist.Instead of attempting to untangle the barb-wire mess thats been made of identity politics and electoral strategy-making.Such movements have always papered over the conflicting class interests of a people with amorphous and paranoid appeals to racial solidarity.

Barack ObamaRepublicans are predictably crediting Trumps victory to the failures of the Current Occupant.Note how Bernie Sanders supporters were cast in place of the third-party scapegoats during the Democratic primary.

and that Trump performed better among Latinos than Romney despite promising to further militarize the Mexican border.

when their ritual expression of tribal political preference may or may not hold sway based on where they happen to reside./ TMAB2003 Word Factory W o r d F a c t o r y There’s an Onion piece from 2002 entitled “Man Blames Hangover On Everything But How Much He Drank.

do you really want to stand by while Trumpism pushes our country to the brink? Then again.Maybe donning Vineyard Vines duds while preaching from secluded New England estates didn’t help either.

“Maybe it’s time to consider whether there’s something about shrill self-righteousness. “This is a new era that requires a new type of politics—one that speaks to people’s pressing needs and hopes.