The latest evidence: Backlash for Trump after he lashes out at the Muslim parents of a dead U.S. soldier. I have to agree with this assessment from a Republican strategist: "He has NO redeeming qualities."

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich