Tag Archives: Trump

On Preserving Freedom

Posted on October 23, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Random House Freedom is not just an absence of evil but a presence of good. Timothy Snyder in the introduction of On Freedom, the sequel to his best-selling On Tyranny, tells us why we have a sociopath bordering … Continue reading →

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The Tariff Bomb

Posted on October 13, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Getty Now that Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is doing all he can to elect Donald Trump as the next American President with his $Billions; because there are too many regulations (read environmental), which means he might … Continue reading →

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Why Have Republicans ‘Dumbed Down’ So Many?

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

ANSWERING the KENNEDYS CALL What is the reason Republicans have become the party of anti-intellectuals? The danger is that it may drown out any intelligent discourse about the most important issues of our day. It’s driving at least one of … Continue reading →

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LUCKY LOSER–Part II

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

A Distrust of the Truth Born to a rich father who made him the beneficiary of his own highly lucrative investments, Trump received the equivalent of more than $500 million today via means that required no business expertise whatsoever. Random … Continue reading →

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LUCKY LOSER: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success

Posted on September 21, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call Born to a rich father who made him the beneficiary of his own highly lucrative investments, Trump received the equivalent of more than $500 million today via means that required no business expertise whatsoever. A new book … Continue reading →

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Immigrants Drive Republicans Crazy!

Posted on September 17, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call The stakes are enormous if Republicans succeed in removing most of the estimated 11 million undocumented workers (only half of which are from Mexico and the Latin countries), and cut legal immigration in half, as they have promised to … Continue reading →

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No “Art of the Deal”

Posted on September 11, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call “It’s implicit in a lot of what people write, but it’s never explicit–or, at least, I haven’t seen it. And that is that it’s impossible to keep him focused on any topic, other than his own self-aggrandizement, … Continue reading →

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The Greater Lawlessness–Republicans War on America

Posted on July 20, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call Trump’s selection of J.D. Vance as Vice-President means the chaos of Trump’s first administration will continue on steroids, as Trump will have a VP who will assist him in continuing to tear down one institution after another … Continue reading →

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The Irrelevance of MAGA Republicans

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call This is another Huffington Post column I wrote in 2017 at the beginning of the Trump presidency. It’s about the irrelevance of his policies for most Americans that another Trump presidency would repeat, as well as further … Continue reading →

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A Greater Lawlessness–On Tyranny

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Popular Economics Weekly

Answering Kennedy’s Call Could we re-elect a tyrant as President? It’s hard to believe the clownish behavior and blatant lies of former President Donald Trump could again put him in the Whitehouse this November. But author and history Professor Timothy … Continue reading →

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