He talked up a storm after the Stoneman Douglas high school massacre. He talked about raising the age you can buy certain weapons. He said he wasn't afraid of the NRA.But sadly Donald Trump WAS afraid of the NRA, and he folded like a cheap suit. On Sunday night, Trump unveiled
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Montreal Simon: Donald Trump: Comic Book Hero or President Chicken?
The voices in Donald Trump's head are screaming so loudly these days, he's been shooting off in all directions.One moment he's all for raising the age limit for buying a gun, the next moment he isn't.And of course this is just a really bad joke.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Lost in the Madness of the Land of the Trump Beast
When I was a boy no book made more of an impression on me than did William Golding's Lord of the Flies.And no scene was more horrifying than the one when the gentle Simon comes across the Lord of the Flies himself, a pig's head on a stake.And as the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Parkland Massacre and the Revolt of the Young
Most school massacres in the United States follow a depressing and predictable pattern.First there is the horror and the shock. Then there are tears and teddy bears, and candles, and heartbreaking pain and sorrow.And then the dead are forgotten by those who didn't know them or love them.Until the next massacre tears
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Parkland Massacre
It was just a horrible coincidence, albeit a bloody one.But only hours after I ran this post with the picture of Donald Trump brandishing an AR 15 rifle. The same weapon was used to slaughter a large number of high school students in Florida. A heavily armed young man barged into his
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