Thursday, two of the most polarizing wives in the Trump administration reared their tawdry heads. They would be the ghost that is supposedly the first lady, and the imperious woman helping her husband run, err, ruin, the Pentagon.Melania Trump, like Jeanne in Major Nelson’s office, suddenly material…
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Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
An assumption is floating around the electric internet that President Donald Trump doesn’t worry much about his support in the heartland because he’ll do what he does without regard to what people think, and he’ll keep getting away with it as he always has. The view does carry some legitimacy. After…
Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
“Hey, can’t you see?I’m terrific at everything!No star shines so bright as me—Rosie! Believe me!” — “Really Rosie,” Carole KingI feel sorry for anyone who wasn’t around in the ’90s to witness the pure joy that was The Rosie O’Donnell Show. The daytime talk show premiered in 1996 and ran until 20…
“Summer time.” Few phrases bring out the kid in all of us quite like it — no school, shorts and flip-flops, languidly lounging around lakes, novels so bad you can’t put them down, flowers, vacation, vacation, vacation — all perhaps owing to why this time of year remains so special to so many.For a m…
If the last eleven years of Trump Blight have taught us anything, it’s that former reality TV stars shouldn’t hold important government jobs. And they really shouldn’t star in new ones while they’re still in office. And yet, here we are with too many unqualified, uneducated, and unpatriotic MAGA pr…
The latest addition to Pierre’s Trail of Governors stands out. It’s not because it’s the only statue of a woman. It’s not because it’s the only one accompanied by half a horse. It represents a career of political tumult. A career from which it’s unlikely there’s a chance to bounce back.Kristi Noem m…
Christof, the megalomaniacal director of The Truman Show, played brilliantly by actor Ed Harris, had a line he loved to repeat: “We accept the reality of the world with which we’re presented.”I’ve been thinking about that line as of late because of the avalanche of stories about Trump’s “human print…
As an adult human woman, I find Donald Trump repugnant on all levels. Trump is both a convicted felon and a sexual abuser. His name is mentioned in the Epstein Files exponentially more times than Jesus is mentioned in the Bible. So of course, I can’t comprehend why any woman would allow him anywhe…