Monthly Archives: May 2016

Draft Dodger Donald

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Santi Tafarella

Draft Dodger Donald. If I were advising Hillary Clinton, I would suggest she try on this moniker for Donald Trump because it tells you everything you need to know about his lifelong corner-cutting. Rather than go to Vietnam, Trump received, … Continue reading →

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Hillary’s Floor is Trump’s Ceiling

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Santi Tafarella

I have a theory as to why Hillary and Trump are essentially tied in the polls right now: Trump is at his ceiling and Hillary is at her floor. 44% is where Hillary is at when she’s having a poor … Continue reading →

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Leon Wieseltier on Donald Trump: “We must not accustom ourselves to this.”

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Santi Tafarella

This comes via E.J. Dionne at The Washington Post: My friend, the writer Leon Wieseltier, suggested a slogan that embodies the appropriate response to Trump’s ascent: “Preserve the Shock.” “The only proper response to his success is shame, anger and … Continue reading →

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He’s Scared. He’s Selling Fear. Scaredy Trump.

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Santi Tafarella

Since Donald Trump has a nickname for Hillary Clinton (“Crooked Hillary”), I would like to see Hillary deploy the following moniker Trump’s way: Scaredy Trump. America is better without walls. No Scaredy Trump. Scaredy Trump. It exposes the Emperor of White … Continue reading →

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Why Hillary (If She Picks Bernie) Will Win

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Santi Tafarella

I’ve had an insight this morning as to why Donald Trump is likely to lose to Hillary Clinton. The Republican Party, in 2016, has showed itself incapable of yielding to the browning, greening, and feminizing of America. To distract from … Continue reading →

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David Hume On Beauty–And How To Get Good At Detecting It

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Santi Tafarella

Is taste in art and literature akin to taste in ice cream? In 1757, the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776) published four essays under the title, Four Dissertations, one of which he called “Of the Standard of Taste.” In it, Hume attempts … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump’s Loaded Gun–and Emily Dickinson’s

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Santi Tafarella

I’d like to offer up Emily Dickinson’s poem #764—her “Loaded Gun” poem—as a trope for Donald Trump’s (thus far successful) hack of the Republican Party—and his threat to do the same to the American presidency. I’ll deal with the poem, stanza by … Continue reading →

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They Picked Mussolini

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Santi Tafarella

After Donald Trump’s win in Indiana, setting him on a glide path to the Republican nomination, America feels different this morning. Out of seventeen candidates, Republican voters narrowed the field to (as Bill Maher observed a few weeks back) Joe … Continue reading →

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