Category Archives: MAGA

Daily News readers weigh in on Mamdani

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Naomi

I knew a post-primary read of the Daily News’s Voice of the People (letters to the editor) would be fun. And it was. Ed, from Ridgewood, NJ, says that Trump had a great week bombing and the Democrats had a … Continue reading →

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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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