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Did it begin with yesterday’s protests?

It begins: every freak in the government is stepping out of the closet. And no one is freakier than Senator Tom Cotton. Since it’s not torture, let’s get it on, babe–you go first!

“Hitler is made by us,” Martha Graham said in 1942. “He is all our carelessness, our lack of civil responsibility. . . that is what makes him so horrible.” I quoted this in my WSJ review of Mark Franko’s Martha … Continue reading →

No, Democratic  establishment, it was not simply backlash against racial, religious, and sexual equality. A lot of white men who voted for Obama now voted for Trump. And yes, Hillary, curing grotesque economic inequality will do a lot to ameliorate … Continue reading →

It’s Bernie Sanders’ Democratic party now. The corporatist right-wing Dem leadership has led the party to one catastrophic defeat after another. The Clinton-Obama axis of triangulation must be politely escorted to the political wilderness, and their restructuring of the party … Continue reading →

A friend in Italy SCHIPed early this morning: “WTF !!!! 20years later America has another Berlusconi !!!!”

Thomas Frank in The Guardian assigns blame where it to a great deal belong. “What species of cluelessness guided our Democratic leaders as they went about losing what they told us was the most important election of our lifetimes? . … Continue reading →

I’m reading Bill Press’s Buyer’s Remorse: How Obama Let Progressives Down. After just finishing Chapter 1, “Budget Battles and the Obama Economy,” tonight’s fiasco seems all the more inevitable. Obama’s failure to relieve the plight of America’s working people, his … Continue reading →

That’s why their suing in Nevada, to prevent polling places from doing what they’re legally enjoined with doing: staying open until everyone who arrived before closing time gets a chance to vote. Be prepared for weeks of GOP election-contesting.

As you’re standing in line (and standing in line) at the polls, and presuming you have some interest in the art and interpersonals at New York City Ballet in the 1960s, turn to the current Fall 2016 Ballet Review and … Continue reading →