German-American historian and philosopher Hannah Arendt in her 1951 The Origins of Totalitarianism:  “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist,” she wrote, “but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction…and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.” Trump is saying crazy things again.  His

Merry Christmas and thanks to socialized medicine. The U.S. spent $5 trillion on health care last year, according to new federal data. Unfortunately, the quality of care is worse than other countries that spend less. The U.S. spends about twice as much per person as other wealthy nations. Americans are less healthy than many of those countries’