The Bully’s Pulpit
The Bully’s Pulpit — by David Perry The bully pulpit has never been bullier: nor the Senate, the House and now the Supreme Court. That’s a lot of bull, ah bullying . There are bullies in stores: witness this week’s tale of a white lady berating two Spanish speakers for, well, speaking. There are bullies online — although I’m sure First Immigrant Melania’s “Be Best Ignore the Rest” campaign will put a stop to that any midterm now. There are bullies on the Left and bullies on the Right, but not so much in the middle since breaking up a civil-less war generally requires something approaching balance in the Farce that has become our body blow of political debase, ah debate . Bullying vs. Debate. That is the choice. Every day in this increasingly rank race to the dumpster that is our surreal reality we must choose: reaching out or raging on; punching down or standing up. Everyone, it seems, is justifiably, mouth-sputteringly angry. Admittedly, there is...