Author Archives: BrianS

I don’t really like to read the voyeuristic tone of many pieces examining the demise of one party or the other, but this piece by Packer is like poetry. https://t.co/6ZdXSBt4Zs

If only the shame of acting in a hypocritical way actually made a difference. Most people don’t care so long as they’re “winning.” https://t.co/UkfSkZecfR

“Everybody in here has the right to decide This is the kind of person I’m going to be. And if you haven’t been the kind of person that you are proud of so far, you’re free from now on the rest of your life to correct your mistakes.” https://t.co/DVuvlFqvyW

“Everybody in here has the right to decide This is the kind of person I’m going to be. And if you haven’t been the kind of person that you are proud of so far, you’re free from now on the rest of your life to correct your mistakes.”

In 2016 this seemed to humorously capture Trump’s “philosophy” of life. In 2018 it’s now a depressing reminder of a philosophy being embraced in the US. https://t.co/FY9necKxj6

It’s amazing how some in the Republican party cling to Lincoln and abolition as if the party of today is *anything* like the party of then. It seems highly unlikely that today’s party would do the same. People should push back whenever this comes up. https://t.co/PznClBbMrT