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I’m reading David Stockman’s book The Great Deformation — the Corruption of Capitalism in America. Stockman was Reagan’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget. He criticizes the GOP for its militarism and its whoring for the rich. He says there was no need to bail out Wall Street. The speculators who would have […]
Is conservatism curable?
In a brilliant article, Steven Jonas, Professor of Preventive Medicine at the School of Medicine, Stony Brook University (NY) Is Homophobia Curable?. Don’t misread that. He’s asking is homoPHOBIA curable. This suggests another question: is conservatism curable? For conservativism is clearly a moral disease of character, leading people to think it’s OK to: enrich the […]
Jerry Falwell’s Endorsement of Trump Reveals Who He Worships—And It Ain’t Jesus
If believing oneself to be the Only Begotten Son of God makes one a follower of Jesus, then maybe Trump qualifies. Either way, Jerry Falwell has a truth problem. On Tuesday, January 26, Jerry Falwell Jr., President of Liberty University, endorsed Donald Trump for President, saying that Trump is “a successful executive and entrepreneur, a […]