by Bartholomew St. James | May 14, 2021 | Political Writing
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...
by Bartholomew St. James | Feb 3, 2021 | Political Writing
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...
by Bartholomew St. James | Dec 19, 2020 | Political Writing
Part 3: And how do we get out of it? One of the reasons we are forced to narrow our view of the world in order to make it a more comfortable place to live, is that our minds and bodies have not kept up with the massive changes we have exposed them to, especially over...
by Bartholomew St. James | Nov 10, 2020 | Political Writing
a strange kind of victory We saw a lot of celebrating on Saturday after the declaration of Biden’s win. But as I watched those celebrations, it occurred to me that a strange kind of victory was being cheered. Because those celebrations seemed strangely incongruous,...