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Friday’s rally in Charlotte took Trumpism to a frightening new level. The Trump campaign has has turned into something new: a cult. The fact hit me a few minutes after I entered the Charlotte Convention Center on Friday night and heard supporters openly blaming the women who’ve recently come forward to accuse Donald Trump of…
Headline Section position:Top METADATA FOR EMTAF Warnings of conspiracy stoke anger among Trump faithful Globe Staff Donald Trump is actively stoking fears that a core tenet of American democracy is in peril. By Matt Viser and Tracy Jan 20161015110757 Print Header Tabs Section Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff Donald Trump’s supporters enthusiastically greeted the candidate…
The philosopher Peter Singer, who regularly tops lists of the most influential people worldwide, is known for his controversial, yet highly convincing, utilitarian outlook. Utilitarian ethicists believe that the consequences of an action determine whether or not it’s moral. Grounded in this discipline, Singer has argued, among other things, that: Failing to donate excess wealth…
Photo: Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images On Sunday, Ken Bone left his house, split his pants, donned a red sweater, asked a question about energy, and returned home a national celebrity. By early Monday morning, Bone emerged the clear winner of the second presidential debate. Within 24 hours, Bone could be seen on talk shows, heard…
What if the United States went to war and nobody here even noticed? The question is absurd, isn’t it? And yet, this almost perfectly describes what actually happened this past week. While many Americans, myself included, were all hypnotized by the bizarre spectacle of the Republican nominee for president, a US navy destroyer fired a…
‘The Daily Show’ asked Trump supporters about the leaked tape. Their answers are alarming. While notable Republican leaders have denounced Donald Trump in the aftermath of the candidate’s leaked 2005 tape in which ult, less attention has been paid to the everyday Trump supporter. How do they feel about their candidate’s most indicting controversy yet?…
As a medieval historian, I’ve been watching the ways in which Trump, other politicians, and even plenty of journalists characterize ISIS and its horrific actions as “medieval.” I’ve always thought it was a mistake, but a mistake mostly limited to the world of rhetoric. On Friday, that changed. Three men were arrested for plotting to…
Derek Black, 27, was following in his father’s footsteps as a white nationalist leader until he began to question the movement’s ideology. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) Their public conference had been interrupted by a demonstration march and a bomb threat, so the white nationalists decided to meet secretly instead. They slipped past police officers and…
HBO UNDECIDED? Bill Maher Goes After Ken Bone: ‘Too Stupid to Pick Hillary Over President Pussy-Grabber’ The jolly man in the red sweater is no “folk hero,” claims the ‘Real Time’ host. He’s just an idiot. Perhaps it was election fatigue or perhaps, amid the cacophony of sexual assault allegations, hacked emails, and ghosts of…
AddThis Button Begin PHILADELPHIA (CNN) — Donald Trump suggested Saturday that his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, has been “getting pumped up” with performance-enhancing drugs and challenged Clinton to take a drug test before the final debate next week. Trump argued that Clinton was more energetic during the beginning of their debate last Sunday, but lost…