Mainstream media outlets like NPR and The New York Times keep saying that Russia hacked the 2016 presidential election. Now we’re making policies and launching investigations based on those stories. Maybe it’s true. But there’s still no concrete evidence available to the public.
Given the failure of the Trump Administration to articulate a coherent policy message or to enact significant legislation, you would think the Democrats would be rising to the occasion, forming a loyal opposition party that explained their alternative vision. You would be wrong. Here’s why.
People are wondering, why do the victims of Harvey Weinstein and other sexual predators agree to settlements that include a non-disclosure agreement? Because the pressure is too much to bear not to. Here’s my personal experience with an NDA and a suggestion of a solution.
Congressional Special Counsel Robert Mueller is about to begin arresting people in his probe of the 2016 presidential election. Who cost Hillary Clinton the election? He knows. So do we.
George W. Bush left the presidency disgraced with rock-bottom approval ratings. Now he’s trying to rehabilitate his legacy by breaking presidential tradition and attacking Donald Trump. Can a speech erase a record of mass murder and illegal war?
Colin Kaepernick’s jersey is the bestselling one in the NFL, even though the league has blacklisted him for protesting police brutality, and wearing his jersey elicits hostile reactions from right-wing football fans. Soon this is how we’ll express ourselves politically, not by protests or letters to the editor, but via our licensed sports merchandise.
How can we separate the brilliant auteur from his disgusting sexual history as a predator? If only there were a warning label.
Elon Musk of Tesla says self-driving cars will be safer in the aggregate. But most people don’t trust the same tech companies that screw up routine updates to smartphones and expose them to ransomware with their lives.
We used to build things: infrastructure, government programs. No more. In the Age of Trump, we’re all about watching Mr. Destructo destroy anything and everything. All we can do is watch, and try to find pleasure in what we hope turns out to become creative destruction.
Hollywood production mogul Harvey Weinstein was fired from his own company after being accused by numerous alleged victims of sexual harassment over the years. Now there are rape allegations as well. The media and online pile-on makes some people uncomfortable, and the bigger issue is the power dynamic inherent to capitalism and the treatment of employees like property by employers, but this is one of those issues where it shouldn’t be hard to find the right side.
