Enjoying the view from Limbo
(Originally published in April 2016) One predictable element of the current Republican primaries is that each time Donald Trump’s supposed inevitability is challenged, he will tell you it is because the process is unfair. He, his official spokesmen, his “unofficial” enforcers, his sycophantic “conservative media” surrogates, and his hornet’s nest of online commenters, consistently greet any momentary setback with a cacophonous chorus of...
2016 US Election / America Descending / What is The Establishment?
by Daren Jonescu · Published September 27, 2016
(Originally published in March 2016) Once upon a time, a funny court jester mocked his master, dancing around him and shouting, “I want to be king!” The king and his subjects laughed. “And how would you rule?” asked the king, playing along with his favorite entertainer. “I would do exactly as you do,” said the jester, for he was just a silly prankster,...
(Originally published in March 2016) “Trump will do what he says.” “Trump isn’t a lying politician.” “Trump promised to do it, and he will.” So say thousands of supporters of The Donald throughout the internet. Old and young, male and female, they say it vehemently, without reservation. I confess that for the longest time I thought I detected a note of protesting too...
(Originally published in February 2016) The Republican primaries are once again a civil war between the so-called grassroots (those who seek genuine representation in a representative republic) and the Party establishment (those who believe representation is their innate privilege, and that the grassroots should just bend over and be “represented”). This time around, however, we are witnessing the full roll-out of the Party...
(Originally published in May 2016) Many critics of Donald Trump’s presidential run have likened it to that of his spiritual predecessor, America’s historic first Fraud in Chief, Barack Obama. The comparison is apt on various levels. One of the defining peculiarities of Trump’s success so far—and I am not one of those who insist he could never win the general election—is that a...
2016 US Election / America Descending / Liberty's Labors Lost
by Daren Jonescu · Published September 25, 2016 · Last modified September 27, 2016
(Originally published in December 2012) For once, I am inclined to believe Hillary Clinton. The U.S. Secretary of State, suffering from a sick stomach, has reportedly fainted and bumped her head. As a result, her spokespeople have already announced that she will be unable to testify at the Benghazi hearings, although she was not due to appear until December 20, many days after...
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