The Elitist City Mouse and the Real American Country Mouse

A long while back, when glaciers still lingered in the high valleys and the Sons of Adam had reached an uneasy truce with the Daughters of Eve, there lived an Elitist City Mouse and his cousin, a Real American Country Mouse. The City Mouse was out on a date with his fancy-pants girlfriend (avocado toast

Where Did America Go Wrong? A Search for the Modern Roots of MAGA, Part 1

In 2017, I was riding the subway to work when a white family boarded the train. As I recall, most or all of them were wearing MAGA gear, including a genial-faced elderly man with a white mustache. They were in a good mood, laughing and talking, and I turned away, gritting my teeth, because I