In “Coronavirus: The Worldwide Shutdown” on March 14, I warned that self-fulfilling prophecies and creeping authoritarianism were governing efforts to combat this virus. From panic buying to manic closings, social distancing to self-isolation, and social-media scammers to Truman-Show hammers, life is imitating the art that played out in dystopian films like the Hunger Games, Idiocracy,… Read more.
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Republicans Abandon Faith and Values to Hail Trump as ‘Chosen by God’
Michael Steele is the former chairman of the Republican National Committee. This is why the role he’s playing these days is so striking. He is wandering across the American media landscape as President Trump’s most earnest and prophetic critic. This latter description is particularly noteworthy because it compels allusions to John the Baptist. You see,… Read more.
Trump Affirms His American Dystopia with Orwellian Newspeak
Trumpian newspeak President Trump issued his “most essential command” on Tuesday during a speech before the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He commanded, Don’t believe the crap you see from these people, the fake news. … Just remember, what you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening. (CNN, July 25, 2018) In other words, we all… Read more.