Top Stories published by Voluble by Robin Alperstein in October of 2016

Into the Heart of Darkness

I cannot get over Trump’s televised threat to prosecute and jail Hillary Clinton. It is so beyond the pale, such a descent into authoritarian/banana republic/dictatorship territory, that it, along with audience’s reaction, was the watershed moment of the debate for me. The audience…


Apology Not Accepted

I want you, Mitch McConnell, and the rest of the GOP who think demanding an “apology” is the way to thread the needle between your support for Trump and your knowledge that he is a threat to the world, between placating your deplorable base and putting our democracy at risk, between…