Archive: CNN
For Trump, Reality Is Just A Prop He Doesn’t Care To Use
CNN, August 28, 2020
From Showman to Strongman in Four Years
“With a white nationalist in the White House stoking hatred and 400+ million guns in circulation, America is in uncharted terrain.”
CNN Tonight with Don Lemon, August 5, 2019
There’s an irony in Trump making this July 4th all about the military
It was a July 4th in Washington DC unlike any other, just as President Donald Trump promised. Tanks sat in front of the Lincoln Memorial, F-35 fighter planes streaked the …
What We Learned from World War One
One hundred years ago, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, World War I ended. Life would never be the same for the more than …
Mail bombs: Hate speech can have consequences
Anyone who wonders about the link between hateful threats and actual violence was given something serious and grave to think about this week. Authorities found several pipe bombs delivered to …
Trump and Putin: the pictures tell the story
Anyone who needs confirmation of the secret of a strongman — that he’s a weak man, in constant need of ego affirmation — need only look at images of the …
The Sexual Harassment We Don’t Talk About
She arrives at the meeting to present a report that she’s worked on for months. Within minutes he’s at her side, telling her she looks gorgeous today. He sits next …
This message keeps the global #MeToo movement alive
The #MeToo movement has shown once again the wisdom of the adage that there is strength in numbers — even as it highlights that it is still difficult for individual …
In Italy’s Elections, the Fascists Did Scarily Well
Italy’s elections may have ended in a political deadlock — no one party or alliance gained the 40% necessary to have an absolute Parliamentary majority — but the projected results …
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