Political Theatre category archive
False Equivalence 0
Chris Quinn, editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, points out that both sides don’t.
The Undammed 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier is skeptical that any court’s gag order with stifle the flood of vitriol, venality, and viciousness that streams daily from Donald Trump. A snippet:
Wherever Did He Get That Idea? Dis Coarse Discourse Dept. 0
LZ Granderson has the revolutionary notion that known liars should have no role in covering the news.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Peter Gariepy suggests that, instead of going to court to block a KKK member who wants to run for the Republican nomination for governor of Missouri, perhaps, instead, the Republican Party should ask itself why a KKK member feels at home running for the Republican Party’s nomination.
The Rule of Flaw 0
At the Hartford Courant, attorneys Kenneth Laska and Michael Jainchill argue that Donald Trump poses a clear and present danger to the concept of the rule of law. A snippet:
Imagine any other civil or criminal litigant making the slanderous and dangerous public statements that Donald Trump has made about the judges and court personnel involved in the civil and criminal cases brought against him. Anyone else would be reprimanded, chastised or found in contempt of court. Donald Trump’s unwarranted assault on the court system gives others permission to disregard and disrespect the courts in future matters. This cannot be allowed to continue.












