Why Donald Trump Cannot Stand in the Shadow of John F. Kennedy There is a peculiar vulgarity to the modern American right: a fixation on proximity. If greatness cannot be earned, it can at least be adjacent. If history cannot be mastered, it can be looted for names, monuments, and borrowed glory. Hence the grotesque spectacle of Donald J. Trump—draft-dodger, grievance merchant, and...
The Fraud of Inheritance and the Cowardice of Entitlement
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