How was it possible for Donald Trump, lifelong fraudster and confidence artist to take over the Republican Party? I suppose that's one of those mysteries that's wrapped in an enigma.
Nothing says "I am a fierce warrior against racism who is aware of all antisemitic traditions" like arguing that (DUDES!) the right would be spreading fewer conspiracies about Jews staring.
In the New Yorker, Mike Spies investigates how the National Rifle Association has essentially become a money-making scam, in which funds are transferred from the non-profit into a public-relations firm.
I just watched Marjoe, the 1972 documentary about an ex-child preacher turned hippie who supported himself by going back out on the preacher circuit even though he believed none of.
