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Acclaimed expert on violence talks about Trump and assassination
From Harper’s Weekly Review: “Violence is not the way to go,” said John Hinckley Jr., who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981, about the assassination attempt on Trump.
Posted in Crime & Punishment, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged Harper's, John Hinckley Jr., political assassination attempts, Ronald Reagan, Trump
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Strongman!
Today, Paul Krugman published a Times column analyzing why the “strongman,” as typified by Putin, is so admired and desired by the current GOP. I learned something about this “strongman” thing years ago, while in a taxi heading to JFK … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Government, Immigration, The Facts of Life
Tagged Basque, Brooklyn Bridge, Guernica, JFK Airport, MoMA, New York Times, Paul Krugman, Picasso, Ronald Reagan, Russian Jews, Stalin, strongmen, USSR
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