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‘I Voted for Donald Trump’ – White Nationalism on the Rise
My wife and I have our passports in order, just recently renewed. The canary in the coal mine for me will be when white nationalists get an invitation to the White House. Then I will know that it is time for me to hat up.
Read More »I am Ashamed to be an American, Part Three
Mr. Trump apparently tapped into this deep-seated, Southern brand of rancor and resentment – the feelings of hatred, bigotry, misogyny, and yes, racism, too, whether overt or covert – in short, the ugliness of it all! – and in the process, unleashed the beast within, the worst in our already tarnished (white) nature. The rest is history.
Read More »I am Ashamed to be an American, Part Two
If only someone had miraculously turned back the clock to the good ol' days of slavery, or at least to the pre-Civil Rights era, everything would have been just fine. No one was complaining back then, not even the poor whites, for they were still far better off than the blacks and the rest of us who had trickled in afterwards.
Read More »I am Ashamed to be an American, Part One
I’m ashamed to be an American, an Italian-American, a Hispanic-American, an African-American, what have you. If there’s got to be an “American” suffix to complete the descriptor of my national identity, then I have to resign myself from now on to wear it as a badge of dishonor; and so should you!
Read More »Trump Won, Get Over It
To all the college students, celebrities, protesters, and social justice warriors crying over the election, let's get one thing straight: you aren't as special as you think you are. Get over it.
Read More »Party-Neutral Dollar Woes Led to Trump Election
The economic divide exploded into the sunlight with the ascendance of the Tea Party movement, identified more or less with the right wing, and the Occupy movement on the left. The difference between those two phenomena was more cultural than philosophical.
Read More »Some 2016 Election Observations
This election has proven Donald Trump’s contention that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose any support.
Read More »Five Ironies of the Trump Victory
Trump's victory has been described as a populist revolt. Yet Clinton won a majority of the popular vote.
Read More »President-Elect Trump — The Morning After
We awake this morning to a new reality: President Elect Trump.
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