POPULIST CULTURE

This month marks the 156^th birthday of William Jennings Bryan, a narcissistic windbag touted as a “populist.” So… 

Monster-of-the-Week: …here, from an 1896 political cartoon, is a Bryan-headed “populist” snake devouring the Democratic donkey…

 …just because it’s a cool piece of art. Let’s pray it isn’t prophetic.