The second half of summer is a time when Italian cities and towns come alive with festivals, street markets, night markets, and ceremonial competitions such as coordinated flag-tossing and group drumming in full marching formation.
If Democrats, progressive, centrist, moderate or whatever simply keep repeating their agreement on the key points above, they’ll drown out the Trump noise and win. With what? A big tent party.
Was China trying to influence us by offering a trip? Of course. Nothing wrong with that; the U.S. Department of State hosts foreign journalists. Lots of governments do it. Each wants to tell its side of the story.
