As he descends into demented rants and his legal team flails in his defense, Republicans have to wonder: Just how radioactive is this all going to get?
by Alex Shephard
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Yes, the case against him seems open-and-shut. But heâs wriggled out of these situations all his life. And a successful conviction could lead to civil war.
The question of the relationship between high culture and popular culture, which is common in contemporary discussions of the humanities, is sometimes real but as often rhetorical.