The Big Picture

A Fleeting Glimpse of Life Before and After COVID and Trump

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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — For a few minutes on Saturday night life in America seemed almost normal. The red, white, blue and yes orange Christmas lights blinked on and off downtown in this World’s Fair university town. The drinks flowed. Gumbo was served. And a live jazz band…

Thanksgiving 2020: Goodbye Donald Trump

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson –  UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, N.C. — To all the people out there alone on this Thanksgiving holiday (and even those who are not alone or don’t celebrate) it must be said that we all have one big thing to be thankful for this year in the winter of our…

As We Wait for a Winner, A Flashback to Florida and the Year 2000

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson –  CAMP DAVID, Md. — Just before the results from Pennsylvania were updated Friday morning, I was sipping coffee in the Maryland campground getting ready to head back into the city and found myself in a bit of a flashback to the year 2000. When the election between…

Trump Is Going Down and We Will Dance on His Grave

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — All over the district and beyond, there is a growing fantasy in the land among Democrats that Donald Trump is not only going to lose the 2020 election in a massive landslide, but that when he tries to cling to power anyway, he is…

Are You Better Off Today Than You Were Four Years Ago?

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Why or why not? – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – To find the roots of this most basic of questions in American politics, go back 40 years. Georgia peanut farmer Jimmy Carter was president, and while he was a good man and turned out to be the best of ex-presidents, he had…

The Great Gatsby: You Can’t Repeat the Past

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Donald Trump, His Followers and These Times Through the Lens of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – How many of you have read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic 1925 novel The Great Gatsby and watched one or more versions of the movie adaptations of the story? This…

If Steve Bannon Wants a War, I Say We Give Him One

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“War is the continuation of politics by other means.” – Carl von Clausewitz “All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must…

The End of the World As We Know It: Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson –  The view of Mount Mitchell is obscured by rain clouds and fog on this Saturday afternoon in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Ken Burns is talking about Hank Williams as “the epitome of country music” on “Live From Here” on National Public Radio out of Ashville, North Carolina.…

Can a World Awash in Cognitive Dissonance Survive?

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson – Anxiety and stress in people trying to resolve inconsistent thoughts has been around since the dawn of time. In the throes of a global pandemic and economic uncertainty with confusing mixed signals coming from officials on high is sending the psychological problem soaring. Our world is now…