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Refuse To Give In To The Darkness

by Keith SchneiderJuly 23, 2016March 4, 20171

BENZONIA — Will Americans give in to the darkness and elect Donald Trump? The disturbing answer at this point, just as it was in the late spring, is that enough of his supporters say yes, and too many of his opponents are not sure. There has never been a presidential election like this one in my lifetime, though ample numbers of similarly dangerous men elevated themselves to head of state in other countries. Mussolini’s rise …

Obama, His Shorthand, Energy, and the Frustration of Self-Interest

by Keith SchneiderApril 16, 2008April 28, 20081

SAN FRANCISCO — A couple of people I know out here in the Bay Area attended one of the San Francisco fundraisers more than a week ago, during which Barack Obama talked about white working class Americans in Pennsylvania and the Midwest who “get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who arenâ€™t like them.” The comment attracted no attention at all among the liberal, well-heeled Democratic donors gathered in theÂ …