Politics and its Discontents

It doesn't seem to matter to America's rabid right wing that they got what they wanted: a man in the White House who they believe wi...

But outside the wealthy minority whose interests he serves, few of the masses who supported his candidacy will find much to laugh about. Go ...

"Perhaps in our lifetime we will not succeed. Perhaps things will only get worse. But this does not invalidate our efforts. Rebellion...

Media reports that Donald Trump is now railing against NBC Nightly News are not really surprising. After all, the truth can hurt. The netw...

All along, Trump seemed like a twisted caricature of every rotten reflex of the radical right. That he has prevailed, that he has won this...

This is what happens, boys and girls, to those who have had their head up their posterior for more than the recommended duration:

I hadn't fully appreciated, until the U.S. election results came in, how much we have in common with the ovine species: H/t Carsten ...