When it’s impersonal – a third party bureaucracy; an online campaign – they can rally people around them temporarily for support to “punish the oppressor.” But nobody actually wants to be around victims long-term in real life; they are simply too emotionally draining. If you want ...
People have worked very hard to rewrite the history of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, but objective historical facts dispute the wishful thinking of the 40th president's admirers. What were some of the bad things that Ronald Reagan did as president?
Trump’s advisers had hoped he would not take Kamala Harris’ bait, but every time she threw chum in the water — whether it was over rally sizes or race — the former president took a bite. Many Republicans, who were granted anonymity to speak candidly, said that over...
Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.” –Carl Sagan “I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and ...
“unstable” and sought “unchecked power,” she told a rally held at the spot in Washington where Trump addressed his supporters before they attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. With a well-lit White House behind her, she cast herself as a defender ...
Which is the safest thing to do, these days. After the last few years, all this Jew stuff – well, it’s all a little fraught. The reason things are all a little fraught was, I found out later, at the same protest last night. Jeremy Corbyn has never been one to miss a rally. ...
Earlier in this rally, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard asked attendees how many of them had already voted, and roughly a quarter of the people in the crowd raised their hands. And even as he worked to discredit the election results, Trump urged his supporters to vote — and said the...
And in Britain, the Labour party issued a temporary punishment to a member of Parliament, Andy McDonald, for using the phrase during a rally at which he called for a stop to bombardment. “We won’t rest until we have justice. Until all people, Israelis & Palestinians, between the rive...
“When somebody persuades me that I am wrong, I change my mind. What do you do?” —John Maynard Keynes “Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back.” —Piet Hein “Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent—leave the house before you fin...
Back to Revolution V. The label “Revenge Revolution” was added to Revolution V before Trump entered politics. I do not remember exactly why I so labeled it, but the naming was fortuitous. What has surprised me more than anything else about the Revenge Revolution is how people voted in the...