Trump Fails to Criticize the Patriotism of TV Networks for Cutting Away During the National Anthem (Note: this post was originally written 8-20-18) A short paragraph in a recent New York Times story about television coverage of the NFL players’ protests caught my eye. On August 17, in a story by Ken Belson headlined “ESPN Won’t Show […]

In the weeks leading up to the momentous Alabama senate election on December 12, I’ve read and heard numerous references to the white, suburban Republican women who might be the key to Democrat Doug Jones’s chances.  The reasoning goes like this: if enough of these women — who have reflexively and tribally voted Republican for […]