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What insurrection?
As I watch and read the news each day, I continue to be intrigued by the unfolding of events in Washington. The majority of the GOP are still claiming that the election was not only won by Donald Trump, but stolen from him. My sense of it is that with all of the...
Can Biden Fix the Courts That Trump Broke?
According to justice correspondent, Elie Mystal, in The Nation yesterday “If there’s a message the Biden administration seems to be pushing during its first months in office, it’s that government works.” Mystal notes, “It’s become something of a trend in recent...
Can Cyrus Vance, Jr., Nail Trump?
Insiders say that the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation has dramatically intensified since the former President left office. In The New Yorker article by reporter at large, Jane Mayer, spotlights the significance of the recent Supreme Court decision to...
On Amazon Best Seller lists
The Contrarian Candidate is making its mark in several of the Amazon Bestseller categories. The eBook version has been ranking at #57 in the Kindle Store. We're even more excited to report great rankings in these specific areas: #6 in Political Parties (Kindle Store)...
Available through Barnes & Noble
This is a reminder to our readers in the USA and customers of Barnesandnoble.com that The Contrarian Candidate can be purchased in its paperback version through this well-known bookseller. Barnes & Noble, or simply bn.com, serves more than 600 communities in all...
Trump’s Tweets analyzed
Recently Michael Humphrey, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Communication, at Colorado State University published a piece in The Conversation, a generally very well researched publication, backed by academic rigour. Titled “I analyzed all of Trump’s tweets...
Bestseller in Amazon’s Political Fiction category
The Contrarian Candidate has hit the Amazon Bestseller List. It is well into the Top 100 Paid books in the Political Fiction category, Kindle Edition, having even hit #27 in this continuous ranking of a growing field of excellent books. We are excited to be a...
Impeachment trial lawyers, obfuscation
This article in The New Yorker written by Amy Davidson Sorkin provides repeated concrete examples of the Trump legal team obfuscating the charges at hand, a technique they employed within minutes of beginning the presentation of their case. Throughout the piece,...
The Big Lie
This article from the New Yorker explores the tenacity of Trump's Big Lie, through his base and state political surrogates like Kelli Ward. You will also enjoy the intrigue behind the podium in the novel The Contrarian Candidate. The fictionalized story takes place on...
How do early trump supporters feel now?
To predict the political trajectory of the American conservative community, it is important to understand how they feel about the Trump presidency, as they look back over the past four+ years. This Atlantic article explores that very topic through interviews with his...
Trump political book hacked on his last day in office
www.Bartholomewsthames.com is back up. Was the attack a coincidence? Maybe. The hackers appear to have been from the USA and we suspect this is no coincidence as The Contrarian Candidate is a very political book, based on its name and spectacular cover deeply related...
What can Trump afford?
Trump has survived one impeachment, with another one in the works. He's also dodged (so far) twenty-six accusations of sexual misconduct, and an estimated four thousand lawsuits. That run of good luck may well end, perhaps brutally, with Biden at the helm. Will he try...
The Circus that Never Leaves Town
PART THREE – And how do we get out of it?
One of the reasons we are forced to narrow our view of the world, is that our minds and bodies have not kept up with the massive changes we have exposed them to. As a result, our fight/flight reaction is making many of us sick.
The Circus that Never Leaves Town
PART TWO – How did we create this mess?
One of the things that makes it seems we have become too smart for our own good, is that even as we live in a world overflowing with vast quantities of accumulated knowledge, we are not necessarily left with the wisdom to navigate that world.
The Circus that Never Leaves Town
PART ONE – O Ye, of Little Faith
Donald Trump is not going to just go away. Which means we are not yet off the hook, and are going to have to continue to find ways of getting to the bottom of the Trump phenomenon. And that means accepting the fact that it is not just about Trump.
The Curse of Victory Hollow
PART TWO: That Cursed Divide
Rather than healing the political divide, Joe Biden seems to have enough on his plate just keeping that divide from becoming even wider. And he’s doing that mainly by being careful not to confront or otherwise irritate those on the other side.
The Curse of Victory Hollow
PART ONE: Biden’s Tangled Road Ahead
The victory achieved by Biden and Harris and the Democrats on Nov. 3rd may turn out to be painfully hollow. By just about every measure the results were a disappointment for Democrats and represent something of a rout for the party.
Biden’s Hot Steaming Mess of Trouble
And the media will be there making a meal of it all … Donald Trump is not the retiring kind. Sure, he’s hunkered down licking his wounds for now. When he comes out of his cave, he’s going to be hungry – for revenge, for validation, for the chance to prove the country wrong.