Opinions & Commentary

When Republicans talk about the American Dream, what do they mean? And how does their view of the American Dream differ from that of Democrats?

Vance filled his memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" with selections from the greatest hits of “poornography”—violence, drugs, sex, obscenity and filth. But Vance himself was never actually impoverished.

Elon Musk has become as much a threat to the rule of law and Democracy as the Palm Beach Pumpkin.

Trump is losing. He is growing more and more unstable, and though he will go, it will not be gently into the night.

Trump is spewing out some outrageous falsehoods these days, even for him. Could he be in need of a software update?

It’s time to turn the page on the dusty, antiquated sexism-disguised-as-strength that Trump represents and to reject the Evangelical/Republican/MAGA toxic masculinity once-and-for-all.

Contestants in the Weird Olympics will be scored on the shortness of time they hold ideological positions, a position’s outlandishness and the aesthetics of its total illogicality. Judges give bonus scores for bald-faced lying.

Kamala Harris has a real opportunity to contrast her humor and positive energy with a very dark vision from the GOP—without letting them dictate when it’s OK for her to laugh.

And for eight years we began to sleepwalk through the world, physically here and moving through daylight but not fully present, not totally seeing—caught between the true nightmare and the imagined dream.

It’s been around 70 years since the McCarthy era. And most Americans today have no direct memory of its excesses and the damage done, both to families targeted and to Americans’ trust in our institutions of government.

Donald Trump, blindsided by Joe Biden’s decision to pass the torch, and suffering buyer’s remorse over the weird dude he chose as a running mate, is just one hissy fit away from saying the quiet part out loud at a rally.

The twists and turns of life have put Kamala Harris atop the Democratic ticket. She will be the president of the United States of America. She will end the MAGA madness, and send Trump into a final exile in Palm Beach.

For the past forty-plus years, Republicans—just like dysfunctional HOAs—have been stealing from America’s future.

We need to show up now: in numbers that cannot be manipulated, in a show of strength and resolve that is simply unalterable, in a moment so immune from pollution that it will be undeniable.

Joe Biden didn’t hug a flag or hold a Bible in some pathetic, pandering photo-op. He didn’t stand in front of a church or crassly parade the uniform of a dead firefighter on stage. He simply modeled both his faith and his patriotism.

There are many lessons to be learned from this year’s election. The main one right now, though, is that because the RNC failed three times to protect America from a dictatorial madman that job now falls to us.