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So Now It’s Real

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH On Monday, the Electoral College elected Donald Trump. There were more defectors than usual, but not enough to be more than a blip. As everyone who is grinning right now will tell you, more electors defected against Clinton than against Trump. Who cares? One vote does not matter in the Electoral College. […]

‘Jackie,’ Manners And Power

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BY FROMA HARROP Those expecting to feast on the splendor of a fashion icon in the movie Jackie may feel misled. The promotion shows actress Natalie Portman in a copy of the Dior-inspired red dress Jackie Kennedy wore on her fabulous White House tour. But the outfit at the center of this story is the […]

Donald Trump’s Death Panel

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BY JOE CONASON Not long ago, Americans learned that the average life expectancy for white people in this country – those most likely to have voted for Donald Trump – actually declined for the first time in many years. The pathologies and frustrations believed to have driven that decline may have motivated the tiny handful […]

Santa Claus Was Not The 1937 Mistake

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BY DAVID PERRYMAN In October 1929, less than eight months after Herbert Hoover’s inauguration, the failed policies of the 1920s came home to roost. The...

Donald Trump’s Contempt For America

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH It was a joke on Saturday Night Live: The president-elect and his fossil-fuel-loving EPA administrator were going to protect us from the environment. But really, it’s not a joke. It’s an accurate depiction of all of Donald Trump’s appointees. Instead of serving to ensure minimum standards for labor, Trump appoints an opponent […]