Political Polarization Deepens

In the waning days of 2015, the corporate media has been filled with wall-to-wall coverage of Donald Trump’s call to prevent any Muslims from entering the U.S. While the vast majority of ordinary people reject Trump’s racist rantings, there has been a shift in the mood of the population in the wake of the Paris and San Bernadino attacks carried out by ISIS supporters. According to a New York Times/CBS News poll in early December, “Americans are more fearful about the likelihood of another terrorist attack than at any other...