Taking Down Margaret Sanger [UPDATED] May 30, 2019June 2, 2019 But first: Are you an Elton John fan? If so: Rocket Man opens today. I met him just once — the briefest of handshakes (disappointing, because there was so much I would have wanted to tell him) — but boy, is the movie ever unmissable for someone like me. Almost as gripping and thrilling as Bohemian Rhapsody, another must see. And second: Okay, I’m persuaded. It’s time to start the impeachment inquiry — but with one big caveat: At the same time, we must constantly call on the Senate to pass the numerous bills the House has already passed, and a few more it should soon pass, that would make normal Americans better off. All our talking heads should demand it; all our presidential candidates should demand it; there should be massive marches on Washington to demand it. If Senate Republicans finally do their job, great. A big win for the American people. It will still be fair to say they had to be dragged kicking and screaming to do it . . . and fair to ask voters to give Democrats a chance at running the Senate. In the more likely event they continue to block everything — and find Trump innocent of clear wrongdoing — voters will have even more incentive to sweep them out of office. And now: Carl dutifully responded to yesterday’s post challenging him to name ANY liberal Democrat eager to abort little babies with this chilling quote from Margaret Sanger: “Consequences of breeding from stock lacking human vitality always will give us social problems and perpetuate institutions of charity and crime.” It’s the sort of thing you might expect from a Hitlerian eugenics text. But it’s worth noting that Ms. Sanger has not spoken out on these issues in more than half a century (having been dead since 1966) — and that if any political figure in American politics today has a whiff to him or her of “master race” thinking, it’s the one whose dad marched in a KKK rally, who found “some very fine people” among the torch-carrying white supremacists in Charlottesville, and who kept a book of Hitler’s speeches by his bedside. So I think it’s fair to ask Carl again: can you point to any living liberal — someone you know, someone you’ve read or whose speech you’ve heard — eager to abort babies? If you CAN find one, I would share your outrage with respect to that ONE; but ask that you not extrapolate his or her noxious view to the tens of millions of us who believe abortion should be safe, legal, and rare. And by the way? It turns out Margaret Sanger, even while alive, was not a liberal Democrat. She would have been much more aligned with Trump and McConnell than with any Democrat. [OOPS! Update coming Monday — and before being too horrified by what follows, check out Opposition Claims About Margaret Sanger.] Behold: Abortion – A Liberal Cause? by Jefferis Kent Peterson Abortion has been numbered among the liberal causes of modern politics. . . . But is abortion really a liberal cause? A careful examination of the history of the abortion rights movement would shock even the most ardent defender of a woman’s right to choose. The founders of the movement were in fact racists who despised the poor and who were searching for a way to prevent colored races from reproducing. Rather than defending the rights of the poorest of the poor, which is the tradition of liberalism, the founders advocated abortion as a means of eliminating the poor; especially Blacks, Jews, Slavs, and Italians. And rather than desiring to help the poor through welfare programs, they wanted to eliminate all charities and government aid. Today, most liberals would be shocked to know of this racist heritage. Not only is the founding of the abortion rights movement anti-liberal, but it may have been an attempt to promote racial genocide. The modern day abortion rights movement began as the American Birth Control League in 1921. Among its founding board members were Margaret Sanger, Lothrup Stoddard, and C. C. Little. The latter two people were known for their racist views, but Margaret Sanger continually shows up in the company of other racists. In fact, she was the guest speaker at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Silverlake, N. J. in 1926. [The one Fred Trump attended was the following year.] Not only did she not disassociate herself from these racist views, her own writings leave little doubt as to her sympathies. In implementing a plan called the “Negro Project,” that was designed to sterilize Blacks and reduce the number of Black children being born in the south, Sanger wrote: “[We propose to] hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. And we do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.” Sanger also viewed welfare as a detriment to society because it increased the number of poor blacks and foreigners. “Organized charity (modern welfare) is the symptom of a malignant social disease, increasing numbers of defectives, delinquents, and dependents. My criticism, therefore, is not directed at the ‘failure’ of philanthropy, but rather at its success.” The urban poor, and their increasing numbers, she called, “an ever widening margin of biological waste.” Welfare, she believed, encouraged the breeding of the poor, or “human waste,” as she called them. She feared that welfare would encourage the urban poor by having them give birth to those “stocks that are the most detrimental to the future of the race” Therefore, she believed that the government should actively encourage the sterilization of those who are unfit to propagate the race, using as her motto: “More [children] from the fit, less from the unfit.” No modern day liberal would dare question the need for some form of government aid to the poor. But Margaret Sanger wanted more for the privileged and less for the poor. [This, I would note, is exactly what the Republican Party has long been striving for — and achieving.] The article goes on from there, but you get the gist. [Prior to reading the above-linked fact sheet, I took this at face value. My bad.] Have a great week-end. If you can help save the world, click here. I’ll see whatever you do right away, to say thanks.
Reader Feedback May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 But first, don’t miss: > Michael Lewis’s Against The Rules podcast. > Designated Survivor, spectacularly revamped by Netflix after two disappointing seasons on ABC. You can binge on all 10 episodes when it drops June 7. > The Lavender Scare, premiering 9pm Eastern, June 18 on PBS. And now: Heath O’Neill: “You wrote a good book and I’ve bought like 30 copies over the years. I have given 29ish of them away as presents. The book changed the course of my life so it saddens me to see you’ve become an unabashed partisan zealot. The world needs a lot less of those and they’re very predictable – nothing to be learned from them. I’ll be unfollowing you but I do wish you the best.” → Thanks for the kind words and the royalties! As to the zealotry, I think democracy and honesty and science are preferable to autocracy, dishonesty, and the denial of science. A pathological liar and sociopath who kept a book of Hitler’s speeches by his bedside is wrecking our democracy and the world order. Working AGAINST climate crisis mitigation. Empowering journalist-murdering autocrats. Putin is winning. The same Republican senators who called Trump a pathological liar (Ted Cruz) and a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot . . . undercutting everything we stand for (Lindsey Graham)– now enable him. Under these circumstances, I’m not sure I’m being zealously partisan enough. Help me understand what I’m missing here. Carl (again): “Your Harriet Tubman question . . . “What did women or African Americans ever do to build this country? (Other than build the White House and the Capitol and about a billion other things.)” . . . inspires another: “So why are Liberal Dem’s so anxious to abort the women and African American babies? (Even after they are born.) Psst…. Andy, what was your war record? What was your draft status? Don’t be ashamed. I was 1a in 1960 I didn’t want to be drafted so I joined the USCG for 4 years. By constantly pounding on Trump Dem’s are wrecking our democracy and the world order that so many Americans fought and died to build and protect. The more you do it the more people resent it and will vote for Trump in 2020. Because of this Trump is winning. I can’t believe you don’t see that! Sad.” → I don’t think you mean anxious, Carl, I think you mean eager. But do you know anyone – liberal or otherwise – eager to abort babies? Have you ever heard or read anyone say or write that he or she is eager to abort babies? Ever? If not, there is no premise to your question. The Democratic line that’s always resonated with me: Abortion should be safe, legal, and RARE. Quite a few pro-lifers oppose things like sex education and over-the-counter Plan B that would make it more rare. There are thoughtful conversations to be had on this tough issue; mostly, I would argue, between women and their doctors and faith counselors and loved ones. People of good will can disagree about how late into pregnancy, and under what circumstances, he government should outlaw abortion. But thoughtful conversation does not seem to be your thing. My draft status was 1-Y. No fraud required.
Next Up: Our Country’s First Stalinist Show Trials May 28, 2019May 26, 2019 “You think it’s bad now?” asks Michael Tomasky in the Daily Beast. “Wait for next year’s show trials.” Koestler and Orwell and Kundera described the hall-of-mirrors horror of totalitarian states. Trump’s gang is getting away with it in a democracy. . . . And if you want to see how, watch this clip of Corey Lewandowski on Fox News Thursday night, via Josh Marshall’s Twitter feed. [Two minutes.] . . . Lewandowski laid out the whole strategy. First, pin the Steele dossier on Biden. . . . For years, the Steele dossier has done the work of allowing the right to accuse Clinton of secretly working with the Russians to destroy Trump. But now she’s old news, finally, so they’re just going to sub in Biden. And as long as they do it on Fox, they will not be challenged, as indeed Lewandowski was not Thursday night. And the rest of the media will note soberly that there’s no evidence that Biden had any connection etc. etc., but by that time, the liars will have won: They’ll win every time “Biden” and “Steele dossier” are mentioned in the same sentence on television. But the second part of the rant was even more chilling. The plan here is to wait for the report from the Justice Department inspector general (that’s Horowitz) to hit next month, pry whatever passages they can out of that report and stitch together the appearance of a vast, deep state conspiracy to take Trump down. Then wait again, this time for Attorney General Bill Barr to do his part. Trump’s announcement Thursday that Barr would be in charge of releasing the intel on the Trump campaign probe is a staggering development, something we’ve never seen the likes of. Barr, who already demonstrated he’ll cherry pick evidence on Trump’s behalf, can pluck out whatever evidence he wants and leave buried whatever evidence he wants to leave buried. It’s almost beyond comprehension. . . . But with everything filtered through a state television network and no Republicans in Congress willing to utter a syllable of protest, there will be no accountability. And then, next spring (what a coincidence, election year!), Barr’s Justice Department can bring indictments against James Comey, Andy McCabe, Peter Strzok, and Lisa Page for—well, they’ll come up with something. And maybe John Brennan and James Clapper too. Welcome, folks, to the first Stalinist show trials in the history of our country. . . . On Friday, Trump accused Comey, McCabe, Strzok, and Page of “treason.” For investigating a presidential campaign. Treason is aiding an enemy during wartime. And is punishable by death. Trump used the word specifically to signal to his attack dogs that anything is fair game. So yes, next year’s campaign will be a nightmare beyond the imagination of any novelist who has yet tried to capture and describe totalitarian, hall-of-mirrors horror, from Koestler to Orwell to Kundera or anyone else. They were all describing how a regime gets away with it in a totalitarian state. But these people will be getting away with it in a democracy. Unless, that is, we all become active participants in making sure it doesn’t happen. Here’s one very concrete way to help support the early organizing that will lead to the massive registration and turn-out we need to break the strong man’s grip.
Coupla Things You Didn’t Know; A Question; The Big Picture May 27, 2019May 26, 2019 ONE: So it turns out the bone spur thing was done as a favor to the podiatrist’s landlord, Trump’s father — who gave him a sweet deal in return. TWO: How Trump bankrupted the Plaza Hotel. Or, more accurately, what he tried and failed to do afterward (but took credit for anyway). QUESTION: What did women or African Americans ever do to build this country? (Other than build the White House and the Capitol and about a billion other things.) So Mnuchin (famously pictured here) has decided, as you know, to keep our money all white men until 2028. The Harriet Tubman $20 bill has been postponed. (Will Americans even USE currency in 2028? Already the Chinese have basically gone cashless; won’t we have by then?) And the explanation is that it will take nine years to solve “counterfeiting issues.” This is as believable as that the Trump Tower meeting was — as Trump personally dictated — primarily about adopting Russian children. THE BIG PICTURE: A pathological liar and sociopath — who now says he won’t do anything with Congress until they drop all investigations — is wrecking our democracy and the world order that so many Americans we remember this Memorial Day fought and died to build and protect. Putin is winning. Click here if you’re in a position to help fight back. We may not get another chance.
“I Don’t Do Coverups” May 23, 2019May 22, 2019 Really? What would you call the letter Trump personally dictated describing his son’s meeting with the Russians (“if it’s what you say I love it especially later in the summer”) as being “primarily about the adoption of Russian children.” What would you call his paying hush-money to a porn star? And so much else he’s going to extraordinary lengths to keep hidden, like the tax returns he would “absolutely” release if he ran for president. Do you know the story of his pick for IRS Commissioner? The story of his pick for IRS chief council? (If not, start watching 10 minutes in.) Appalling. But like the honey badger, Senate Republicans, they don’t care. Here’s a guide to 20 inquiries Trump and his allies are working to impede. And here’s another list worth circulating. Trump has tweeted “The Democrats are getting ZERO work done in Congress. All they are focused on is . . . the witch hunt.” Yet since regaining the gavels this past January . . . House Democrats passed the Equality Act. House Democrats passed a package of bills to protect people’s access to health care and help make prescription drugs more affordable. House Democrats passed a disaster relief bill. House Democrats passed a bill to restore net neutrality. House Democrats passed the Climate Action Now Act to take action to protect our climate and create economic opportunities. House Democrats reauthorized and expanded the Violence Against Women Act. House Democrats passed legislation to require background checks for all gun sales. House Democrats passed legislation to help close the gender pay gap. House Democrats passed historic anti-corruption reform and provisions to strengthen our election systems. All that’s blocking their adoption are the Republican-controlled Senate and Trump. Click here to fund the early organizing that is our best shot at building a massive blue wave next year and saving our democracy.
Autocracy . . . May 22, 2019May 21, 2019 Nick Kristof in the indispensable New York Times: She May Have Saved A Life. Then She Was Arrested: . . . I’m simply a mom who saw a child in need and pulled over to try to help,” she said. “The whole time I was by the side of the road, I was thinking: What country am I in? This is not the United States. Speaking of which, the Times’ David Leonhardt reminds us how Trump is helping slide the world from democracy toward autocracy: In Germany, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Sweden and Spain, far-right politicians have received an alarming level of support in recent elections. In Hungary, Brazil and Turkey, far-right authoritarians run the government. Yesterday, President Trump hosted one of those authoritarians at the White House, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary. Since his last visit to the White House — in 2001, during his previous stint as prime minister — Orban has transformed himself from a pro-democracy, center-right politician to a strongman. He has gerrymandered and changed election rules to undermine his political opponents, taken over much of Hungary’s media, packed the country’s courts with allies and demonized Muslim immigrants and Jews. So Orban’s meeting with Trump is an important legitimizing moment for the global far right. “In normal times, he would be condemned by the occupant of the White House,” writes Vox’s Zack Beauchamp. “The fact that he isn’t shows just how serious the threat to democracy in the West is.” The visit fits a wider Trumpian pattern: allying himself with authoritarian leaders, based on shared nationalistic, anti-immigrant and antidemocratic values. “In a way, it is the ultimate irony: The nationalists, the anti-globalists, the people who are skeptical of international laws and international organizations — they, too, now work together, across borders, for common causes,” The Washington Post’s Anne Applebaum wrote recently. Trump is using the presidency to enhance the global standing of authoritarianism. He’s also imitating far-right tactics at home, by rejecting American traditions like balance of power and the rule of law. As David Cornstein, a longtime friend of Trump’s who is now the American ambassador to Hungary, told The Atlantic’s Franklin Foer in a recent piece about Orban’s Hungary: “I can tell you, knowing the president for a good 25 or 30 years, that he would love to have the situation that Viktor Orban has, but he doesn’t.” Related: I visited Hungary last year and found it both normal and chilling. Trump’s 1989 ad calling for the death penalty for five black teenagers (later proven innocent) concluded with this idea: “CIVIL LIBERTIES END WHEN AN ATTACK ON OUR SAFETY BEGINS!” And if we know anything from Trump*, it’s that our safety is under attack . . . by rapists and murderers streaming across the border and treason at the highest levels of the FBI and socialists who want universal health care . . . so, really, all this liberal “civil liberties” “rule of law” stuff needs to be put in perspective. Putin doesn’t have to deal with it. Kim Jong Un doesn’t have to deal with it. Orban and Erdogan and Duterte and MBS don’t have to deal with it. Why should Trump? *Other than that he would “absolutely” release his tax returns, and that he had the largest crowd in history at his inauguration, and that investigators he sent to Hawaii to establish Obama’s Kenyan birthplace were finding some incredible things, and that the Trump Tower meeting was about adoption, and that he knew nothing about a pay off to a porn star — and so many other facts he’s told us directly (all 22 of his women accusers are lying and he will be suing them).
UDUMASS May 21, 2019May 19, 2019 In case you haven’t yet enjoyed these three minutes with Jimmy Kimmel and George Clooney, you’re welcome. Heading for vacation this summer? George Mokray: “Have a great time; and if you need a carbon offset, I have used the Heifer International’s bundle of trees ($60 for region appropriate seedlings and saplings that are ready to plant) on the rare occasions I fly anywhere.” Last month, I offered help writing your commencement speech. You responded. Alan Silverstein: “Though not technically a commencement speech, Mary Schmich’s, Chicago Tribune column of June 1, 1997 — her commencement speech if you will — ‘Wear Sunscreen,’ should be included in a list of all time bests.” David Andrews: “Here’s a collection of Kurt Vonnegut’s commencement speeches. Lots of fun, as usual.” Of course, the best commencement speech ever (or surely tied for that honor): Admiral McRaven’s “Make Your Bed.” You’ve seen it, no? Here’s the Admiral profiled on CBS Sunday Morning. (In case the next president is looking for, say, a Secretary of Defense. Or in case she’s looking for a strong running mate.)
Best Podcast Ever May 20, 2019May 19, 2019 Michael Lewis’s new 7-part podcast, Against The Rules is a “must listen.” (How does he keep doing such amazing, important stuff? Have you read The Fifth Risk?) Start with the 7-minute intro to the series, but under no circumstances miss episode #2, “The Seven Minute Rule,” about his identity theft and your student loan debt, or any other fine-print financial transaction you may be party to. “And so the head of Navient makes $6 million a year while Katie Highland’s teeth fall out one by one.” It’s the story of the frustration that Trump (and Sanders) voters rightly felt in 2016 — the system is rigged against them. Only, tragically, as it turns out, the 2016 election has made things worse. It’s hard for me to believe many Trump voters will find themselves empathizing with Navient and not Katie Highland. Listen! Bonus: At last! An honest Republican congressman! Because, well, duh?
Do Average Republicans Think This Is Right Or Fair? May 17, 2019 But first a soybean rant . . . In addition to wrecking our relations with our allies . . . walking out of the Paris Climate Accords we had led the world in adopting, walking out on the nuclear deal with Iran that, had we been able to get the same thing with North Korea would have been touted as a spectacular win (instead, we seem to be flirting with, perhaps even trying to provoke, a catastrophic war) . . . in addition to all that, look what Trump has accomplished for our farmers. A third of the soybeans we grow are sold to China. It took 40 years to develop those trade relationships; Trump has ended them overnight, to the everlasting benefit of Brazil and other alternative soybean sources. Even if Trump does get a deal with China soon, as we all hope he will, much or most of those customer relationships will not snap back. Why would they? So Trump has badly hurt America’s farmers (and, at least with respect to this export, made our trade imbalance with China worse). In the meantime, he’s giving $15 billion chunks of money to to farmers to lessen their current pain. But as the losses from these now-lost customers will last a very long time, will that make them whole? And where, exactly, do those $15 billion chunks come from? Either: your taxes that could otherwise have gone to, say, funding basic research or infrastructure revitalization or high-interest student-debt relief or aid to Central America to lessen the desperation that leads to migration . . . or from the tariffs you are now, or will soon be, paying for almost everything you buy at Walmart . . . or from your kids and grandkids, by simply adding this money to the National Debt that Republicans only care about when Democrats are in power. To be running trillion-dollar deficits when unemployment is 3.6% is crazy — and means two-trillion-dollar deficits, come the next recession. And a portfolio suggestion . . . As mentioned last month, the same smart guy who suggested FANH at $5.40 five years ago (it’s around $30 today) recently suggested a similar Chinese company, CNF (similar in the sense that it’s in the financial services industry and, like FANH, he knows it very well). There’s no guarantee history will repeat; but I’ve taken most of my profit in FANH and built up a position in CNF (most recently at $5.35). The company is growing at 20% a year and selling at 3 times earnings. There are risks; but if five years from now it were selling at 15 times earnings, and those earnings had grown (or even if they had not), well . . . only for money you can truly afford to lose. And now! What do you think of Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur’s argument? When she first arrived in DC, with Ohio’s congressional districts sensibly drawn, she was among 10 Democrats and 11 Republicans. In 2018, with Ohioans favoring Republicans by a margin of 52%-47% . . . a definite edge but hardly a rout . . . she is now among 4 Democrats and 12 Republicans. As you’ll read, Ohio’s Republican attorney general is working to keep it this way, even though Ohioans voted 75%-25% in favor of sensible redistricting. And the problem of course, is not just that the 2010 Republican REDMAP project skewed Congress their way (read it here) . . . but that it empowered the extremes, who didn’t have to appeal to the moderate middle . . . that is, to voters who want compromise for progress. I’ve got to think a lot of Republicans agree. How else could the tally in favor of bi-partisan redistricting have been 75%-25%? Meanwhile, in Florida, by a margin of nearly two-to-one, voters last November passed Amendment 4, “to automatically restore the right to vote for people with prior felony convictions, except those convicted of murder or a felony sexual offense, upon completion of their sentences, including prison, parole, and probation” . . . bringing Florida in line with almost every other state in the union. (Many are even more liberal in their rules; a couple even allow felons to vote while behind bars.) The Republican legislature aims to render the referendum moot, just as for years and years they delayed and distorted implementation of Florida’s “Fair Districts” referendum that voters had passed by a similarly wide margin. What do everyday Republicans think about this? Most Republicans are fair-minded. My guess is, it makes a lot of them uncomfortable. Maybe it’s time they became Independents. Friday Bonus: What Did Rashida Tlaib Really Say About The Holocaust? Have a great weekend.
Kentucky Derby, Redux May 16, 2019May 15, 2019 But first . . . Somebody finally got his money’s worth from this page: Peter J.: “After reading your post about lost and abandoned property, I decided to search for my name with the Secretary of State of NH. Unfortunately, I didn’t have any money with my name on it. HOWEVER, my wife did. She had two grand (TWO GRAND!) coming her way from an old, sold home’s escrow refund. For the LIFE of me I can’t figure out why it didn’t reach her 15 years ago when she sold the house. While it’d be nearly $4000 today had we conservatively invested it 15 years ago, it’s still money we didn’t have yesterday. We decided to give $1000 to Jay Knower’s campaign, as he runs to defeat Governor Sununu, as we dearly hope he will. The other half, we’re saving (for now).” And now, the Derby . . . Mike Martin: “You mentioned the Kentucky Derby in reference to Trump but I beg to differ. The quote, like most I’ve read about the incident, says that the winner “clearly impeded the paths of two other horses.” Oh my, those poor little horseys had some minor impediment. Except there is much much more to this incident. . . . Okay, you were in Italy and didn’t see the race. But this was as a group of horses went into the turn for home, which is where most races see the competitors increasing their efforts. At the crucial point of the race, where the horses necessarily must bunch to go around the turn, the horse on the inside began to be passed by a horse on the right. Admittedly, the horse on the right had just moved to where its forelegs were passing the rear legs of the leader, but this is crucially where the turn for home becomes important. All of the horses want to be on the inside of the turn to reduce the mathematical distance around the turn. Once past the turn it doesn’t matter where you are on the right or left. . . . However, at precisely this point IN THE TURN the lead horse moved to the right when there was a horse attempting to pass on the right. This didn’t just “impede the path” — it threatened to have the legs of the two horses become entangled and if you watch the actual video you can see that it was amazing they didn’t. Consider, then, what would have occurred if their legs had entangled: it is highly likely that one or both horses would have fallen while they were at the head of a group of horses. The highly likely result would have been several horses crashing into a pile of people and horses, some of whom would have died. What bothers me is the notion that what occurred merely involved “impeding the paths” when the reality is that a major disaster was narrowly averted. This seems crucial to me: narrowly averting a disaster requires a massive response such as disqualification at a very minimum. . . . We already have examples of Boeing 737-Max aircraft that narrowly averted a disaster without any response until an actual disaster occurred. We live in a time where we cannot wait for disasters to actually happen before we respond, such as climate change. We have to use our intelligence to recognize when disasters are narrowly averted and respond NOW. . . . That is the true story of Trump: the Republicans are waiting until there is an actual disaster from his administration. The Mueller report cites several instances where others averted his orders and thus disasters didn’t happen. The Democrats, meanwhile, are saying wait for 2020 rather than confront Trump. The House Sergeant at Arms should be empowered to arrest and incarcerate Mnuchin until the tax forms are produced because the law is clear, the only question is whether the stewards of the Constitution will have the courage of the stewards at the Kentucky Derby to take unprecedented action to avert a disaster. . . . IMHO.” (If you’re curious what a brutal sport this is for the horses, click here. At Churchill Downs, 43 horses have died since 2016. But even with a gentle sport — golf, say — there can be sharply political inferences to be drawn. I care nothing about golf — but Commander In Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump is a complete page-turner.) Click here.