Evangelicals and politics, before–and after–the election: Sarah Posner of The Nation Institute reports on Evangelical leaders’ opposition to Trump at the beginning of the primary season — and the deal they made with him in exchange for their endorsement:
first of all, his Supreme Court picks.
continued HERE
Journalism
Chris Hayes: Americans Hated Trump’s Health-Care Plan—Will They Go For Single Payer? TheNation.com
JW: A week after repeal-and-replace failed in the House, we’re trying to assess the damage to Trump and the opportunities for progressives. Seems to me this is a disaster for Trump, and a disaster for the Republican Party. Is it possible this is wrong?
Chris Hayes: No. I don’t think you’re wrong. What an unbelievable failure. I have never, in my political reporting career, seen something crash and burn quite like this. Sixty times they voted for repeal, while Obama was president, and now you cannot get a vote for this piece of, frankly, garbage legislation that no one liked—no one across the ideological spectrum.
…continued HERE
Is Trump Like Nixon? Rick Perlstein Q&A 3/29
If you Google the question “Is Trump Like Nixon,” you get something like four million reults, mostly answering ‘yes.’
But we weren’t so sure about that, so we checked with Rick Perlstein–he wrote the book Nixonland.
READ our Q&A with Rick Perlstein HERE
One of Trump’s Biggest Donors Thinks Cats Have More Value Than Welfare Recipients: TheNation.com 3/24
How Women Are Changing the World: a Q&A with Rebecca Solnit–TheNation.com, 3/10
Read HERE JW: We want to talk about the big picture. A revitalized feminist movement is changing things, despite what we see in the White House. How would you describe it?
Rebecca Solnit: There was an extraordinary set of years, 2012, 2013, 2014, where the rules really changed….finally women were in a position to say, “We’re not going to take this anymore. You can’t pretend it’s not happening.” And then to make some changes.
A Day Without Trump: I Know I Need One–TheNation.com, 3/10
Read HERE
I t’s going to be a long four years….for our own well-being over the long haul, I think we could all use a day without Trump, every week: one day on which we don’t read about him, watch him on TV, listen to him on the radio, or talk about him with friends; one day on which we don’t even think about that man. . . .
Pico Diary: Election Day — LA Review of Books 11/8
At Factor’s Deli on Pico in Beverywood, a dozen carts are lined up, filled with party platters ready to be delivered. “Those have to be for parties tonight,” I say to the woman who must be the catering manager. She says “One lady told me ‘it will either be a celebration, or a suicide party. Either way we need a deli platter.”
… continued at LA Review of Books Blog HERE
Hillary’s Biggest Decision: Moving to Arkansas in 1974: LA Review of Books 10/28
The biggest decision in Hillary’s life came in 1974, when she moved from Washington, DC to Little Rock to be with Bill. Friends begged her not to do it — they said she could have a stellar career in politics without Bill, and that Arkansas was the backwoods compared to her world in Washington. At a time when the women’s movement was rising, Hillary would devote her remarkable energy and talents to advancing her husband in the world, instead of herself — taking on the traditional role of the wife. The question is simple: why? …continued HERE
Tom Hayden Remembered: TheNation.com 10/26
. . . continued at TheNation.com HERE
Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize: LA Review of Books, 10/22
Q.: Dylan won the Nobel Prize for literature — do we have to argue about whether what Dylan writes is “literature”? Do we have to say Homer sang his epics, or that Virgil was a lyricist?
A.: I have no interest in those questions. I’ve always thought the question of whether Bob Dylan was a poet was a waste of time.
. . . continued at LA Review of Books HERE