
ANNIE vs. DARLINE
The Politics of Power
Notes from a liberal Southern woman on politics, culture, and what it means to live in America now.
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The Politics of Power
Interview with Danish Economist Marianne Thorn

By Marianne Thorn

By Marianne Thorn
They’re in Silicon Valley

They’re in Silicon Valley

Martha Mitchell had a blonde bouffant, white cat-eye sunglasses, a telephone, and absolutely no intention of keeping her mouth shut.

“How could a weak, insecure man—a conglomerate of nothing—manipulate and overpower a strong, confident person like John Mitchell?”
How Trump and His Collaborators Descended from Appetite to Treachery
How Trump and His Collaborators Descended from Appetite to Treachery

Lindsey Graham’s death was shocking.

BEFORE I WAS even out of bed on Sunday morning, I read a message from my friend Ralph, who lives in Berlin and Paris, that Senator Lindsey Graham had died.
There’s a particular kind of Southern summer that lives in the body forever.
“Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the tree house; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill.”

A republic doesn’t usually die all at once.

1.WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS…

My grandson and I read about King George, Paul Revere, and the Swamp Fox. Then I looked up from the children’s books and saw the old American fight staring straight back at us.

My grandson and I read about King George, Paul Revere, and the Swamp Fox. Then I looked up from the children’s books and saw the old American fight staring straight back at us.
Zuckerberg built the addiction machine. Musk turned Twitter into a sewer. Now Europe is asking why billionaires should be allowed to break the world.
Zuckerberg built the addiction machine. Musk turned Twitter into a sewer. Now Europe is asking why billionaires should be allowed to break the world.

Trump’s pardons are a map of what he values

Trump’s pardons are a map of what he values