It is too bad I have been silenced
A Starbucks coffee shop. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) It is with a heavy heart, and profound...
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Author: By Alexandra Petri
Donald Trump to Americans: Go incorporate yourself
(Andrew Harnik/Associated Press)Some weeks I just want to give it all up and become a large...
Read MoreDonald Trump’s Cabinet assembly instructions
Steven Mnuchin, Donald Trump’s pick to head the Treasury Department. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Congratulations! The American people have given you the formidable responsibility of assembling a Cabinet. The best Cabinet ever,...
Read MoreA sneak peek at Trump’s speech
There he is, Mr. America. (Robyn Beck/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images) Cleveland — I have been lucky enough to secure an advance copy of the speech Donald Trump is to give tonight, the final night of the GOP convention! It...
Read MoreTrump-Pence marriage is off to a rocky start
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump introduces Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, right, during a campaign event to announce Pence as Trump’s vice presidential running mate on Saturday in New York. (Evan...
Read MoreDallas and American ‘contradictions’
President Barack Obama. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst) Some people on the Internet seem to be confused. “In the aftermath of twelve people being tragically shot for no reason in Dallas,” they wonder, “how will Black Lives Matter be...
Read More‘And they all lived happily ever after’: If fairy tales went like the Megyn Kelly-Trump interview
(Jack Rowand/ABC via Associated Press) “And they all lived happily ever after.” In general, fairy-tale endings are horrifying. The fact that the man you were forced to marry because your father got lost in the woods and made an...
Read MoreDonald Trump is terrible. Good thing there’s this ‘nominee’ guy!
Whoever this is, it’s not the Nominee. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Donald Trump is a problem. He has a 65 percent unfavorable rating. He is prone to firing off unexpectedly at the mouth. He either doesn’t understand or...
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