So, Why Is ‘Basket Of Deplorables’, Deplorable, But Vermin Is OK?

just asking for 84 million friends! Trump compares political opponents to ‘vermin’ who he will ‘root out,’ alarming historians Former President Donald Trump vowed this weekend to “root out” his political opponents, who he said “live like vermin” as he warned supporters that America’s greatest threats come “from within” —…

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The Smear Campaign Against Socialism:

One of the apparent failings in American education is the lack of understanding on the differences between socialism, fascism, Marxism, and Communism. Or else there is now a concerted effort to smear socialism by linking it to fascism. Here’s a prime example from Facebook (at this point I am not…

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Dark Times Ahead

Paul Krugman (who I often refer to as Krugsandra for his prescient though often ignored predictions) has a doom-and-gloom OpEd in The New York Times this morning.  

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