By Michael E. Berumen It is time for liberals in the broadest sense of the term to come to grips with something many have avoided, heretofore–––­­­partly from gentility, partly from denial, and partly from benign ignorance. It is obvious that to support Donald J. Trump as President of the United States is, in effect, to…

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Suppose, for a moment, that there was an agency that was America’s first and last and only defense against plagues and pandemics — whether those coming from nature, or from other human beings. (Remember those Anthrax outbreaks in Russia a while back.) And suppose you were a responsible, intelligent, well-meaning President of these United States.…

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Yes, Donald Trump really is thinking about organizing a space patrol. Writing in The Washington Post, John Wagner notes that, “President Trump mused again Tuesday about adding a new branch of the military — a Space Force — and this time made clear he is thinking seriously about it.” Apparently, he said as much during…

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By @BossBird17 The title is a question that was posed by Rajneesh (a.k.a. Osho), a controversial Indian guru and mystic. This question came to mind while I watched James Comey’s interview on ABC and while reading Donald Trump’s tweet storm regarding Comey’s actions and character. To me, it is an important question and not just…

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By Michael E. Berumen   The appellation fascist or fascism has been applied to many people and movements over the years, and more often than not, it has been used incorrectly etymologically, that is, in terms of its historical and philosophical origins. Most often it has been used by the left to describe people or…

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Our editor, the crazed Michael Jay Tucker, offers some notes on stories that you might have missed, but will most certainly want to catch before they go. And, also, he gives us a glance at some great upcoming features on LR Net…including excerpts from a terrifically funny novel set in a post-Trumpian America.  

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For the past several days, there have been stories coming out of DC about Trump’s descent into something like insanity following Jared Kushner’s problems and Hope Hicks’ departure from the White House. For example, the Washington Post wrote that “Trump’s friends are increasingly concerned about his well-being, worried that the president’s obsession with cable commentary…

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