Slate points and sputters:
The Duke Newspaper Columns by Trumpkin Stephen Miller That Made GOPers Say, “My God”DEC. 14 2016 2:22 PM
By Osita Nwanevu
… These columns were evidently a source of concern for his co-workers while he was serving as a staffer to Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, Trump’s pick for attorney general. “There were rumors that spread around that he wrote these columns at Duke that really walked a fine line on racial issues, to put it mildly,” one former staffer told Politico Magazine in June. “I’ve stood in a lot of hallway huddles where the talk was, ‘My God, if you look at what he wrote in college … ’ ”
Here’s a sampling:
On America’s longest war, the War on Christmas:
On feminism and closing the pay gap:
- “Christmas is being banned. Whether it's holiday trees, holiday parties, holiday concerts or ‘Happy Holidays,’ the word Christmas is slowly being exiled from society. I, for one, am offended. And I'm Jewish.” (“Attack of the Secularist Scrooges,” Dec. 6, 2005)
- “In contrast to the brutally cold hedonism of the atheist view, Christmas is a time filled with warmth and spirit.” (“The Case for Christmas,” Dec. 4, 2006)
- “What feminists don't realize is that bosses simply want to run a successful business. They will reward and promote whichever employees are doing the best job. If John sells more than Jill, he gets promoted; if Jill sells more than John, she gets promoted. That is the simple beauty of the free market.” (“Sorry Feminists,” Nov. 22, 2005)
- “It's vital to keep in mind what it would actually mean for women if we were to close the pay gap. For many, it would mean giving up a noble career in social working or putting in 50- and 60-hour work weeks and not being able to spend time with the family. It would mean trading in jobs like housekeeping for night shifts doing road repairs; it would mean giving up the joy of being home during your child's first years of life.” (Ibid)
- “It's not chauvinism. It's chivalry.” (Ibid)
