A life in words
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Make Donald Drumpf Again
Dear America, Vote no to Donald Trump. We’re better than this. There are other, better ways. He’s far from who he claims to be, and even further from who we need leading and representing this country. Please, I beg you, vote no. If you’re not sure why I care so much about this, here’s a…
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The Josh Hansen Review of 2016 Iowa Victory Speeches; or, Anguish of the Political Independent
I just watched the Iowa “victory” speeches of Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Marco Rubio. Here are my notes on the themes struck by the candidates, and how their speeches came across to me, an idiosyncratic nonpartisan who isn’t anybody’s target audience. Everybody Everybody seems to agree on a few things.…
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Dump Trump
Can we as a nation finally be done with Donald Trump? He doesn’t just talk nonsense—these days he actively spews the worst of ideas, verging on Hitlerian. For example, today in an official campaign press release candidate Trump proposed barring all Muslims from entering the country: Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and…