I thoroughly recommend that people read Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis, about a grifter/evangelist. Trump is a recognisable American type. Lewis also wrote It Can't Happen Here (about Fascism co… (View Post)

Evangelical support for Trump is in no way surprising. These are the people who switched to the Republicans as a result of Nixon's Southern strategy. Their grandparents voted for George Wallace.… (View Post)

It's a disgusting decision. The Chagossians have been denied justice for too long. Let them return to their homeland. There's nothing "wokey" about the idea that people shouldn�… (View Post)

I thought all these Brexit trade deals were going to be a brie-ze. (View Post)

Yes, and? The comparison seems kind of reasonable, as both the antebellum South and Nazi Germany were built on the idea of racial superiority, brutal exploitation and violence, were intent on exporti… (View Post)