Politics and its Discontents

This is what former Supreme Court Justice David Souter said four years ago. I think you will quickly see the reason for the post's title...

Reading my morning paper, the Toronto Star, I came across a notice to subscribers that rates are once again increasing. As part of what is f...

Over at Northern Reflections today, Owen has a timely reminder via Henry Giroux of what Donald Trump really stands for: fascism, hatred, b...

While the woman in the above photo, Birgitt Peterson, claims she was provoked and that her Nazi salute has been misinterpreted (I'm s...

Watch as Rachel Maddow traces the evolution of violence in the Trump campaign, aided, abetted and encouraged by the demagogue himself:

That does seem to be the attitude of Mr. Trump's ardent supporters, doesn't it?

Synonym Discussion of equivocate lie, prevaricate, equivocate, palter, fib mean to tell an untruth. lie is the blunt term, imputing dish...

Does the eagle know something that Donald Trump's ardent supporters appear willing to ignore?