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2008—Citigroup announces it will sack 52,000 workers. 2006—“We’ll succeed [in Iraq] unless we quit,” says George W.[MD] Bush. 2003—An Austrian muscleman becomes Governator of California. 1995—President Clinton, multitasking, speaks on the phone with a Congressman while violating his marriage vows with an intern. 1995—The Commander of the Pacific Fleet calls the rape of an Okinawan girl “stupid.” The culprit should have hired a prostitute instead, he says. 1992—Dateline broadcasts a rigged video of a GM truck exploding. 1973—Speaking to newspaper editors at Disney World, Richard M. Nixon says, “I am not a crook.” 1965—First Cav survivors of the Ia Drang are marched into an ambush; …

How This Happened, Clearly Explained

To the Editor: A majority of the American electorate has seen fit to elect an immoral, untruthful, misogynistic, inept narcissist to the highest office in the land. The consequences of their decision are uncertain, but given Trump’s character and stated intentions, the portents are not good. How did most voters come to the decision to elect such a flawed candidate? Pundits have already peppered the airwaves and internet with their theories, but the issues are complex and intertwined and will be debated endlessly. Two factors, however, stand out: the positions of both political parties and beliefs of the electorate. Aside from a few courageous individuals, …

What Now?

by W.D. Ehrhart The election of Donald J. Trump as president of the United States of America in 2016 was bizarre enough. Unimaginable almost up to the moment his election was confirmed. His defeat by Joseph Robinette Biden in 2020 seemed to indicate that the nightmare was over. But that illusion was quickly dispelled long before Biden was inaugurated, and the nightmare went on and on day after day after day for the next four years, culminating now in the return to power of the MAGAMonster and his Minions. How does one explain it? I think it was a perfect storm of misogyny (a female …

Volume 269, No. 5; November 15, 2024

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“American Carnage, Part Duh”

You may have to squint to see it, but there is some good news. The long, uncertain, and potentially violent struggle which we had anticipated, over who would next occupy the White House, has been abruptly cancelled. The good news pales, next to the bad. D.J. “Felonius” Trump, spared the trouble of finagling a return to the scene of the crime, will soon be ushered right back in with all of the usual pomp and ceremony. Grab your popcorn, people. Here comes “American Carnage, Part Duh.” The tagline: “Don’t bother trying to prepare. Nobody knows what’ll happen next—least of all him!” Lest we forget, let …

Election Blues 2024*

Who won this recent horror showI truly wish I did not knowbecause I’m not permitted beer,**and so, alas, I won’t be drowning woe with alcohol. I’ll get no cheerfrom rye or scotch, bourbon or clear200 proof grain. I’ll have to makedue with no libation this election year. I give myself a healthy shakeand ask if there is some mistakethat Trumpelstiltskin—what a creep—has really won. Oh, how I ache with sadness, sorrow, dark and deep;for our bleak future I do weep,and hope that soon eternally I’ll sleep,and hope that soon eternally I’ll sleep. by W.D.Ehrhart *My apologies to Robert Frost for hijacking his poem “Stopping by …