Just as the human body has no defenses against a completely new virus, our body politic had no immunity against Donald Trump’s off-the-charts willingness to violate every norm and boundary. He wasn’t smarter, smoother, or more charismatic than his opponents. He was simply willing to say or do anything. That was his superpower. And…
The Salem (MO) Witch Trials
When a teen was kicked out for being gay, this progressive mom took him in. He destroyed her life over Charlie Kirk. “You gotta be fucking kidding me. Read this,” John Strebe said to his wife Julie Heyn Strebe as he passed the phone across the table last weekend. He had been scrolling Facebook when…