Politics and its Discontents

With the exception of his mindless cheerleaders and coterie of sycophants, it is obvious to the world that Donald Trump has led the United...

Love this guy. If you’re too stupid to see that Trump is a pathological liar, skip this video. It will just hurt your brain. pic.twitter.c...

As usual, Robert Reich is spot-on in his insights. Here, he offers some solid advice to real journalists on how they should cover Trump:

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You probably don't need this, but it is an incisive analysis of the multitude of lies that permeated Trump's State of the Union Add...

Thanks to my friend Gary, who sent me this:

But can he take it?

Although the above title is taken from both a song and a movie title, it seems as apt a way as any to describe the current state of the Amer...

This has to be seen to be believed. Mendacity AND an alternative universe: two for the price of one.

Meanwhile, Star letter writers offer their suggestions: Re: Chaos, fear and anger, Jan. 29 Canadians outraged at Trump’s ban on Muslim...

Thanks to my friend Jonathan for sending this along:

In this morning's Star, Daniel Dale has a very interesting essay on why, despite the fact that it forks no lightning but provokes much o...

That seems to be the opinion of Donald Trump supporter Jeffrey Lord, who offers this view: I honestly don’t think this ‘fact-checking’ bus...