Whenever I find myself starting to feel any empathy for Melania Trump, I look up the 2011 interview in which Joy Behar asks her what she makes of her husband’s racist smear campaign against President Obama. Watching her make the conscious decision, when given an opportunity to distance herself from her husband on the subject […]
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I don’t want to have empathy for Melania Trump, but I can’t help it
Posted in Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged domestic abuse, Donald Trump, loveless marriage, Melania Trump, Mr. Peepers, Obama, psychological abuse | 36 Comments
Race to the bottom
Our Governor tells us that, if we want to compete, we need to keep taxes low. That, he assures us, is the only way that we’ll be able to attract new businesses, and keep the ones that we’ve still got. While our Republican leadership in Lansing has taken some steps in that direction, I question […]
Posted in Education | Also tagged Ayn Rand, budget cuts, education reform, education spending, Paul Krugman, public education, Rick Perry, Rick Snyder, satire, Texas, Texas Miracle, theology of tax cuts, threats to the middle class | 16 Comments