Posted in: The Way We Live Now
A recent New York Times opinion piece by Christopher Buskirk contains, to be sure, a fair amount of BS. But not all of Buskirk’s column is nonsense, and the parts that aren’t deserve to be taken seriously by progressives concerned about the coming mid-terms—and beyond.
A Midwestern Trump voter (and self-described “deplorable”) has stepped forward to share his own low opinion both of the recent protests and of identity politics. If it’s at all representative, we’re all in serious trouble.
This morning both prognosticating groundhogs—“Phil” in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, and “Jimmy” here in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin—predicted that it’s going to be a long winter. But then many of us knew that already.