I am not a psychologist. I understand that, even for professionals, remote diagnoses are deeply problematic. I recall how Republicans insisted that Obama was a narcissist because, first, his speechwri
No matter how often Trump tweets LAW AND ORDER, it is totally falling flat. The reason, as the historian A.K. Sandoval-Strausz notes, is that we simply are not in 1968 anymore, as much as Trump thinks
As my spouse pointed out this morning, it’s certainly eyebrow-raising that on the same day Trump initiated a phone call with Putin he also ordered Federal law enforcement to cosplay as OMON. Put
I’m recently reminded of what Christopher Federico said about Trump back in September of 2019. One thing I’ve thought for a while is that one of the best ways of characterizing Trump is that
There are a variety of forces pushing the United States toward the exit for global hegemony, but none is quite so frustrating as the Trump administration’s simple abdication from exercising lead
As an addendum to Steve’s post about the politics of federal economic stimulus, we should keep in mind that the Trump administration is not a ‘normal’ one by the standards of the las
Oh, this is just great. When President Trump’s national security adviser, Robert C. O’Brien, convenes meetings with top National Security Council officials at the White House, he sometimes opens b
Another day, another corrupt Trump loyalist gets access to the nation’s most important secrets. President Donald Trump’s new acting intelligence director, Richard Grenell, used to do consultin