Politics

Remember living through a worldwide pandemic? It seems ridiculous to ask: only a toddler or someone on Tokelau, which didn’t record COVID-19 cases until December 2022, could have missed the “fun.” You likely remember the witch hunt against Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease researcher on Trump’s White House Coronavirus Task Force. He helped guide the country through a pandemic that killed more than 1.2 million Americans, about three times the 405,399 Americans who died in World War II. ...

Trump Derangement Syndrome is the favorite insult of a movement that needs a fresh conspiracy every week just to get out of bed. Let’s be clear about who is actually detached from reality here. The people lining up behind Trump are not victims of “TDS.” They are people who have rebuilt their entire worldview around whatever conspiracy they need that day to excuse him and demonize Democrats. To stay loyal to Trump and this version of the Republican Party, you have to swallow an entire universe of conspiracies about Democrats that never get proven, never get resolved, and never die. Every loss, every scandal, every uncomfortable fact has to be part of a giant plot, because the alternative would be admitting their guy is exactly who he appears to be. ...

I’m watching America fall apart at the seams, and it’s not because of some external enemy. It’s because we’re following the wrong people. We have a leadership crisis that’s eating away at the foundation of our republic. People are putting their faith in leaders who lead through fear, brute force, and corrupt behavior instead of principles, values, and moral uprightness. This behavior eats at my soul. The Fear Merchants Look around you. What do you see? Leaders who constantly tell you to be afraid. Afraid of immigrants, fearful of change, scared of people who think differently, terrified of losing what you have. ...