by Bartholomew St. James | Oct 14, 2020 | 2020 Campaign, Politics
Three things I learned while writing a novel about Trump and his politics (Part 1 of 3) It started out as a bit of wishful thinking, and a thought experiment of sorts: What would happen if a political comedian challenged Trump in the presidential race – and did it for...
by Bartholomew St. James | Oct 15, 2020 | 2020 Campaign, Politics
Three things I learned while writing a novel about Trump and his politics (Part 2 of 3) The second aspect of Trump and his politics which I came to accept while writing a novel about him, is that the Trump phenomenon is not about Trump – not really. It’s much bigger...
by Bartholomew St. James | Oct 16, 2020 | 2020 Campaign, Politics
Three things I learned while writing a novel about Trump and his politics (Part 3 of 3) In the two plus years since I began writing The Contrarian Candidate, it has become increasingly clear through tell all-books and other reporting, that Trump is not the genius he...
by Bartholomew St. James | Oct 23, 2020 | 2020 Campaign, Politics
President Trumped I’ve been dying to use that title. In fact at one time I wanted to use it for the title of my book. But everyone else thought it was just a cheap pun that would lower the image of the book. Personally I didn’t care what people thought of the title as...
by Bartholomew St. James | Oct 24, 2020 | 2020 Campaign, Politics
1,200 books have been written about Trump and his presidency, but none with the depth and honesty of fiction. Yes, there has certainly been a lot written about Donald Trump over the last four years. And some of it has been very revealing, offering up valuable glimpses...
by Bartholomew St. James | Oct 25, 2020 | 2020 Campaign, Politics
Where to start… It’s hard to know where to start, because there really is no beginning to the story of this blog. In fact it’s the kind of story that seems to be happening in all directions and across all dimensions at the same time. It’s the story about a man (who I...
