Political Theatre category archive
When Fiction Is Truth 0
Mark Twain understood America.
The Duke is President; the Dauphin is Attorney-General.
Afterthought:
If you haven’t read Huckleberry Finn, do so now.
Forget that it uses the vocabulary of its time.
It is a story of redemption.
Judgement Day 0
David discusses a Federal Judge Frank Easterbrook, a conservative, decision to call out the rule of lawless.
“Those Who Forget History . . . .” 0
I suspect that I am not the only person to fear that the leaders (Johnson:EU::Trump:NATO) of certain English-speaking countries that fought World War II have chosen to forget lessons learned from that struggle.
The Sentence of the End 0
As you have no doubt heard by now, Attorney-General Bill Barr has chosen to undercut prosecutors’ sentence recommendation for Roger Stone. Field finds this act to be somewhat disturbing.
Twitterer-in-Chief 0
As David points out, this isn’t normal.
Or is it the new normal?
The Unfringed 0
An AP story in the Denver Post highlights the spread of unhinged conspiracy theories, assisted by “social” media and Donald Trump and the Trumpettes. Here’s a bit.
Conspiracy theories are nothing new, but experts fear the powerful engine of social media and a volatile political climate have ramped up the threat of violence.
Aside:
Methinks one of the fuels for conspiracy theories is persons’ inability to deal with the complexity of real life. Instead, they embrace the absurd in a search for the easy.
Arrogation Day 0
It occurs to me that a significant difference between Republicans and Democrats is this:
Democrats still have a touching faith in the rule of law.
The Unmasking 0
The Orlando Sentinel has an interview with long-time Florida Republican operative Mac Stipanovich, who is winding down into semi-retirement.
Much of the interview concerns Donald Trump and the current state of the Republican Party. Stipanovich’s comments are fascinating and deserving of attention. Here’s a nugget (emphasis added):
But … because of profound changes in the economy worldwide as we transition from an industrial economy to a service economy and as the browning of America continues over time … and all of the roiling in society on various cultural issues, whether it’s gay rights or whatever, all of those pressures caused that minority to metastasize.
A Taxonomy of Trolls 0
You can’t tell the preyers without a program.
