The Trump phenomenon is a new reality.  It brings up flaws in the party system we have never encountered – the desperation of voters who think the system is broken, who abandon faith in the system and basic principles of a free-market or constitutional republic.  This is the culmination of blatant political corruption and an irresponsible media – both the old and the new.  The right-wing media outlets who keep blaming elected Republicans as betrayers and backstabbers paved the way for Donald Trump.  The perfect once again has become the enemy of the good. Social networks and broad-based internet media systems have neutered the old institutions.  As much as we may justifiably criticize these institutions, it renders the process uncontrollable. Inundated with information to indulge our convictions, we remain starved for knowledge and understanding.  We have substituted safe places for education.  We now have a generation of...(Read Full Post)