By Chris Satullo Analogies are a powerful thinking tool. They have the power to explain and foster insight. They also have the power to mislead and spawn damaging errors. The best teachers and most illuminating writers are often masters of analogy. So are swindlers...
Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon infelicitously said a few years ago that the goal of the MAGA movement was “to flood the zone with shit.” In other words, to disinform citizens – to disorient them – to the point where they no longer can...
Kudos to Philadelphia for electing a Black female mayor. That’s a first for the city. Cherelle Parker, a former councilwoman and state legislator, won decisively in last night’s Democratic primary, and, as we Philadelphians all know, that guarantees...
If I were to hold my nose against the stench that permeated the CNN-certified MAGA rally and endeavor to pluck a worthwhile moment from last Wednesday’s madness, I’d nominate Trump’s revealingly wobbly remarks about abortion. No other first-tier...
To borrow a phrase from Claude Rains in Casablanca, I was shocked shocked! to find that non-stop lying was going on in the MAGA game room at CNN. Just as I (and many other rational observers) had warned in advance, CNN’s decision to gift a free hour to a...
