I know something about spin. I was a Marketing professor for thirty years. But I never had to spin professionally; I was an academic. So I don’t know anywhere near as much about spin as a Kellyanne Conway; and far less than a successful branding entrepreneur, such as Mr. Frump.…
Trump famously said, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters,” And as the election results showed, he was right. None of his howlers or offenses kept him from winning. But now he takes office with slightly more than 50% of…
Soon Donald Frump will be President. Soon the Republican Party will control the House, the Senate, and the Presidency. Cue the exultation and the schadenfreude. Soon the Republican juggernaut will roll, crushing all in its path, remaking the nation to a new vision. Wealthy businessmen, empowered as Cabinet Secretaries, will…
Those who live by the sword, die by the sword. The media made Trump. There has been much gnashing of teeth among liberal commentators on this score. You’ve heard the charges. The media let themselves be used by Trump. He jerks them around with his midnight tweets. The media and…