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You cannot make up the post-Reagan Democratic Party. Pelosi demands that the Democratic House fall on its sword, manacle itself to fake austerity quid pro quo: As Jake Johnson explains at Common Dreams: “If implemented, pay-go would require all new … Continue reading →

Oh, gosh, does this mean that since he’s chief of staff that venomous little mug lying, lying, lying is going to be in our face every day on every news platform? People like Mulvaney, Conway, Huckabee Sanders could transition in … Continue reading →

Really, Establishment Democrats never change, particularly when they’re of a certain age and are simply too complacent. Soon-to-be Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ensures that the House committee that will allegedly address the climate crisis will be as ineffectual … Continue reading →

Yeah, right. They would like us to think that they are backing off from their attempted takeover of American democracy, but, please, Daddy Mercer and Baby Doll Mercer aren’t really going anywhere. They may be hitting the high seas in … Continue reading →

Which party is the one that holds America hostage–over and over and over again?

In the apotheosis of Sergei Vikharev’s restoration of Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty, as pictured in my squib on Vikkarev  in Ballet Review, I want to point out something I’d forgotten: amid the assembled suspended in the sky is not just … Continue reading →

If Trump has taught us anything, it should be that the mindless veneration of the rich encouraged by the “mainstream” media as well as so many deferential politicians is catastrophic. No, government should not be run like a business. No, … Continue reading →

Hey, is Sen. Murphy thinking of running for President? Unlike most Democrats, he’s got a foreign policy handle that isn’t an anemic me-too-ism,trailing after the GOP. Sen. Murphy tweets: “These days, when U.S. troops head off to a complicated, tribal-based, … Continue reading →

And so I was walking up to the CUNY Graduate Center for my first Proust class almost a year ago.  I opened the door to the lobby. . . and stepped back forty years.  back to the B.Altman department store … Continue reading →

They repel and fascinate me by their shlockiness and disturbedness. Watching again video of his meltdown with Schumer & Pelosi last week. Contrast him to the expressive but economical command of gesture by the two Democratic leaders. Trump’s, on the … Continue reading →