New Orleans The standard line for dealing with a bully is a weird psychodrama where we assume they are really insecure cowards and our course of action is to stand up to them and slap back. With or without empirical evidence, that’s the advice we have often taken to heart personally and advised …
Category: Trump
Bribing Trump
New Orleans In recent weeks we have been treated to an amazing display of corporate obsequiousness, as tech, media, and other huge enterprises pivot to please newly ensconced President Trump. Bending the knee, kissing the ring, sucking up, anticipatory obedience, or whatever you want to call these performances, it has been a mind-boggling …
Whacking the Beehive
Pearl River I’ve stumbled onto another term for the current Trump attack on the US government: “whacking the beehive.” I’m not sure if this is original to the editor of The New Yorker or not, but it seems an accurate description of the current strategy and tactics that Trump II has initiated in …