Re-run

"As we watched the video clips of his speeches to huge masses, we were chilled to observe the spell-binding communal frenzy where individual souls and minds became a primal herd, fueling a fusion of people and state driven by hate and unleashing criminal bestiality. At the same time, we were reminded that he was nothing …

Mine and Yours and Theirs

I have pledged here in the past not to make these essays purely political, and I think I've achieved that. I mean, an essay about saying words backwards could hardly be said to possess a political point of view. But my sense is that the growing menace that is the former President and his supporters- …