GOP’s garden of fraudulent pretenses

We’re told that women’s health is the concern motivating increasingly restrictive laws bearing on abortion providers. No, it’s not. We’re told that voter fraud is the concern behind increasingly restrictive voter I.D. laws. No, it’s not. We’re told that more efficient and cost-effective government motivates privatization. Again, no. These lies have been sculpted into truths…

Trump: party of one

At the onset of this soapbox derby, one outcome seemed scariest of all for the GOP: that Donald would go third-party. Well, brethren, that outcome has come. Don’t let the ballot confuse you. How else to explain the following headline on CBS.com? “Inside Republicans’ failed attempts at blocking Trump’s rise.” Republicans blocking Trump? He’s a Republican,…