Category Archives: MAGA

Why Trump will fail

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Naomi

Because of the lessons Trump is incapable of gleaning from history. Toward the end of David Kahn’s comprehensive history, Hitler’s Spies, Kahn analyzes why, given “This gigantic, jerry-built apparatus” of Hitler’s intelligence agencies, Hitler lost the war. Kahn specificies how … Continue reading →

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‘Is There a Dignified Legal Way, Preferably in Latin, to Say “Holy Shit”?’

Posted on May 29, 2025 by Naomi

Paul Krugman asked this question as his response to the U.S. International Court of Trade decision soundly thumping Trump’s tariff mania. Immediately, I grabbed my Latin-English dictionary. “Holy” is easy. It sprung to mind without the dictionary. Sacer (sacred to … Continue reading →

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Is there such a thing as “brainwashing”?

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Naomi

It all started with that uneradicable question: why did anyone vote for Trump? For years I’ve been trying to uncover the answer by digging around in people’s brains. No, I’m kidding. I have been digging around, though, in a wide … Continue reading →

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