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One step closer to the edge
One step closer to the edge
It’s the week of June 11, 2018. Look down. Look where we’re standing right now. Careful, it’s slippery, and steep. Watch your step.
Brion Niels Eriksen
Jun 20, 2018
A Wolff in wolf’s clothing
A Wolff in wolf’s clothing
Some say “Fire and Fury” has a little tarnish to it. Next to the daycare-center-in-a-garbage-heap administration that is its subject…
Brion Niels Eriksen
Jan 6, 2018
Year one of Trumpocracy in the rearview
Year one of Trumpocracy in the rearview
Let’s review what a pathetic year it’s been for Trump since his surprise election. Wait, today’s tweet nutshells it better than we ever…
Brion Niels Eriksen
Nov 8, 2017
A Mountain and an Iceberg
A Mountain and an Iceberg
Trump’s tweetstorms and lies are disorienting, as intended. Fortunately, three publications are cataloging his authoritarian tendencies…
Brion Niels Eriksen
Jul 4, 2017
Shoe, meet the other foot
Shoe, meet the other foot
What devil’s bargain would you make in order to watch the political landscape change to your liking?
Brion Niels Eriksen
Jul 21, 2017
The Big, Easy Presidency
The Big, Easy Presidency
He said being president would be easy, and now is surprised that it isn’t. “Easy” is the only gear in Trump’s transmission.
Brion Niels Eriksen
May 6, 2017
The Day After
The Day After
The Senate has “gone nuclear.” Like in the 80’s TV movie, America now must face the fallout.
Brion Niels Eriksen
Apr 7, 2017
Echo Chamber Nation
Echo Chamber Nation
A lifelong moderate, I moved as far away as possible from Trump. Here’s a centrist’s view from inside the liberal bubble.
Brion Niels Eriksen
Mar 10, 2017
“We don’t have a president anymore”
“We don’t have a president anymore”
On the campaign trail, Trump liked to claim “we don’t have a country anymore.” I’ve got a similar idea.
Brion Niels Eriksen
Jan 20, 2017
Why so surprised?
Why so surprised?
Barack Obama ceded his legacy back to Clintonism with no heir apparent of his own, and left an imbalance of voter passion in that vacuum.
Brion Niels Eriksen
Nov 13, 2016
Upsetting America’s impeccable balance
Upsetting America’s impeccable balance
Complaining about delegates and obstructing the Supreme Court nominee are tantamount to throwing rocks at a system that has performed a…
Brion Niels Eriksen
Apr 17, 2016
Parliament Funk
Parliament Funk
Whining louder and crying longer about delegate selection won’t change the 2016 process for Trump and Sanders. Maybe in 2020?
Brion Niels Eriksen
Apr 11, 2016
2016 and the end of American Eloquence
2016 and the end of American Eloquence
Contrasting the Republican Presidential Campaign’s frat house rhetoric with “the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy.”
Brion Niels Eriksen
Mar 5, 2016
Eight years in the making, Trump supporters finally got their man
Eight years in the making, Trump supporters finally got their man
In the stretch run of the 2008 presidential campaign, there was a significant but only mildly shocking turn of events at one of Republican…
Brion Niels Eriksen
Jan 22, 2016
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