ONLINE EXCLUSIVE COLUMN BY JOHN WINGERT The Hamilton musical is sweeping the country. After an extremely successful run off-Broadway, Hamilton was taken to Broadway and has had an almost spotless record of reviews. Tickets are sold months in advance. President Obama has praised the musical after the creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, had first delivered the opening […]
Donald Trump has already demonstrated his populist tendencies with repeated actions that fall into that ideology, but recent developments have caused critics on both sides of the aisle to call him the dreaded f-word: fascist.
The meteoric rise of Dr. Ben Carson seems to have fallen once again into the depths of the polls out of which he had climbed. Under increased scrutiny and pressure from numerous groups, Carson has seen huge shortcomings, not just nationally but perhaps most disappointingly here in Iowa, where he was once in first place.