Monthly Archives: March 2017

The Feuding Kleptocrats

Posted on Mar 26, 2017 By Chris Hedges Mr. Fish / Truthdig The Trump kleptocrats are political arsonists. They are carting cans of gasoline into government agencies and Congress to burn down any structure or program that promotes the common … Continue reading

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Trump’s Triumph of Incompetence

Nicholas Kristof MARCH 24, 2017 President Trump has made some baffling personnel decisions. Credit Al Drago/The New York Times One of President Trump’s rare strengths has been his ability to project competence. The Dow Jones stock index is up an … Continue reading

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Reach Across the Aisle, Mr. President

For health-care reform to succeed, it requires buy-in and compromise from both parties. President Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan on Capitol Hill, March 16. PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS By PEGGY NOONAN March 16, 2017 7:03 p.m. ET All the emphasis seems … Continue reading

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The Dance of Death

Posted on Mar 12, 2017 By Chris Hedges Mr. Fish / Truthdig The ruling corporate elites no longer seek to build. They seek to destroy. They are agents of death. They crave the unimpeded power to cannibalize the country and pollute and … Continue reading

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Ben Carson, Donald Trump, and the Misuse of American History

By Jelani Cobb   March 8, 2017 Earlier this week, Ben Carson, the somnolent surgeon dispatched to oversee the Department of Housing and Urban Development on behalf of the Trump Administration, created a stir when he referred to enslaved black people—stolen, … Continue reading

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Ben Carson’s Gray Matter

Frank Bruni MARCH 8, 2017 I need Ben Carson in my head. In my hippocampus, to be exact. According to Carson, the human brain stores a perfect, indelible record of everything that it has seen, heard and done, and if … Continue reading

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What Romantic Regime Are You In?

David Brooks MARCH 7, 2017 Polina Aronson spent her first 16 years in Russia. There, people tend to regard love as a sort of divine madness that descends from the heavens. Love is regarded, as the sociologist Julia Lerner put … Continue reading

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Donald Trump’s Greatest Allies Are the Liberal Elites

Posted on Mar 5, 2017 By Chris Hedges Mr. Fish / Truthdig The liberal elites, who bear significant responsibility for the death of our democracy, now hold themselves up as the saviors of the republic. They have embarked, despite their own corruption … Continue reading

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