Let’s make america 1856 again

The GOP wrapped up its 2016 convention this summer. Being a political junkie, a word junkie, and a storyteller, I found the convention lacking in all. Politics, words, and stories. I did, however, find the convention — in particular Donald Trump’s acceptance speech — ripe with theme and meaning. That theme, that meaning? Be afraid, white people. Be very afraid.

Why? (And these are Trump’s thoughts, not mine. I’m channeling.) The country is changing. Hell, it has changed. And a political platform, the plank the candidate runs on during a presidential year, is reflective of two things: the issues that hit that candidate’s minions in the gut, and that candidate’s own psychology. And both reflections spell c-h-a-n-g-e. But the nagging... Read More