Nike has made activist-athlete Colin Kaepernick the centerpiece of its 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign. The ad shows a black-and-white close-up of his face and bears the words “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.”
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Wildfires still burning out of control in California. Some border babies still not reunited with their parents. Markets reeling from Turkey’s plummeting economy, pushed further down by Trumpian tariffs.
But thank God President Donald J. Trumpet has made us safe from kneeling NFL players….
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Is President Donald J. Trump racist?
It’s a question that has threaded his virulent response to the NFL players kneeling before the National Anthem to protest racism and his passive-aggressive approach to Puerto Rico’s suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
I don’t think Trump is a racist. Indeed, I don’t like to think of any American president as one. But I do think that he is a joyless, mirthless person who takes no pleasure in other people and strikes a misanthropic tone. ...
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