Political Theatre category archive
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At NorthJersey.com, Jim Beckerman asks how dis discourse became dis coarse. Here’s how he starts his article:
“It” being: everything. Our current mess. The low information, disinformation, gullibility and hysteria that are breaking out like measles during Election 2024. Who was the prophet — if only we had listened! — who warned us it was all coming? And begged us to do something before it was too late?
George Orwell, with his doublethink and his thought police? Richard Hofstadter, who warned us about The Paranoid Style in American Politics? Maybe.
But there’s another thinker, less well known, who may have nailed it better than either.
Follow the link to learn who, in Beckerman’s opinion, correctly foresaw the current state of dis coarse discourse and his reasons for reaching that opinion.
A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Mild language.
False Equivalence 0
Chris Quinn, editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, points out that both sides don’t.
The Loose Cannon 0
Jack Smith calls out Judge Aileen Cannon’s bias. Farron comments.
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:
Here Comes the Judge 0
The Late Show imagines how Judge Judy would react to Donald Trump.
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.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy points out that grifters gotta grift.
It’s Bubblelicious 0
Seth takes a closer look at the Truth Social stock bubble.
By the Numbers 0
Thom talks with New Republic Editor Michael Tomasky about the actual state of the economy and about how and why it’s not reported accurately.
