Dick Polman
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Luckily for Trump, our election system is rigged
When the turkey gets cut next week, Donald Trump should be thankful that this country — in defiance of western democratic practice — ...
9 years ago
Young progressive Americans, from anger to resolve
The 60.9 million Americans who gave Hillary Clinton a useless popular vote victory woke up Wednesday to a nightmare, feeling as if their ...
9 years ago
The fatal weight of the Clinton baggage
The final tally tells the tale: Donald Trump was eminently beatable – but Hillary Clinton was the wrong candidate to do it. ...
9 years ago
The primal scream and what it means
Writing on Monday about the threat of authoritarianism, I concluded: “ ...
9 years ago
America votes: Which path will we choose?
If this is truly the path we prefer — an authoritarian sensibility, a strongman cult, a systematic breakdown o ...
9 years ago
Election countdown: A cacophony of voices
Opinions are like derrieres. Everybody has one. But not all opinions are equal. Some are clearly smarter, more perceptive, and mor ...
9 years ago
The fightin’ Founders took the low road, too
Politics are such a torment that I would advise everyone I love not to mix with them. Wait, that’s not me talk ...
9 years ago
Who do you believe, the Klan or the Nobel laureates?
Only a handful of newspapers in the entire country have endorsed Donald Trump — in Vegas (the paper is owned by an ally), Santa Barbara ...
9 years ago
Thumb on scale, continued: FBI stays mum about its Trump-Russia probes
FBI chief James Comey has wielded a bullhorn to blare the news (or non-news) about Anthony Weiner’s laptop – an announcement ...
9 years ago
Comey’s late hit: Abuse of power, thumb on the scale
Courtesy of James Comey’s abuse of power, the FBI has crafted a new legal standard: You’re guilty of unspecified innuendo, ba ...
9 years ago
Follow-up Friday: Chris Christie’s very squalid plummet
It’s darn lucky for Chris Christie that he signed on as manservant to a con artist extraordinaire, because if he were not currently ...
9 years ago
Trashing Trump: Bill Weld’s moderate Republican plea
At this point, what could possibly happen in this cracked campaign that we haven’t already seen? I dunno, maybe somebody will float ...
9 years ago