Political Theatre category archive
Game Theory 0
Michael Harriot reckons that, if you’ve watched Game of Thrones (I haven’t and do not intend to–ever, but I’ve heard enough about it to think Harriot has something there), it can help you understand the Trump-Biden-Ukraine story.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Neel Burton examines lying and wonders why we still have not learned the ought-to-be-obious truth that liars cannot be trusted. A snippet:
Today, God may be dying, but what about truth? Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, claimed that “truth isn’t truth”, while Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s counsellor, presented the public with what she called “alternative facts”.
“A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away . . . .” 0
Will Bunch conjures an alternative universe.
“Me Me Me Me Me Me” 0
Writing at the Las Vegas Sun, Volker Franke marvels at our loss of compassion. A snippet:
Aside:
A quibble.
In the last half-century, “Compassionate conservatism” has been nothing but a slogan. There is no there there.
It’s Early Days Yet 0
Gordon Weil reminds us to consider campaign promises in the light of political reality and not to take too seriously the “who’s ahead this week” horse race coverage of politics encouraged by polls, pundits, and speculators, especially this far out.
Descent 0
Jim Wright is less than optimistic.
California Schemin’ 0
Paul Krugman looks for the motives behind Donald Trump’s war on California. A snippet:
Conservatives confidently predicted disaster, declaring that the state was committing “economic suicide.” You might think that the failure of that disaster to materialize, especially combined with the way California has outperformed states like Kansas and North Carolina that turned hard right while it was turning left, might induce them to reconsider their worldview. That is, you might think that if you haven’t been paying any attention to the right-wing mindset.
USAdammerung 0
Will Bunch is not sanguine.
Orangeade 0
When I first visited Los Angeles in the late 1970s on a business trip, the air was orange and burned my eyes.
The last time I visited Los Angeles (actually, Burbank) in the early aughts, also on a business trip, it was better. Looking from Burbank down into the LA basin, there was a hint of orange, but it was nothing like three decades earlier.
Donald Trump wants to bring back the orange.
Follow the Money 0
Facing South dogs the dinaros. A snippet:
Follow the link for details.
