John Casey

John Casey is a long-time journalist for The Advocate and author of "Love: The Heroic Stories of Marriage Equality." He spent 30 years working as a PR professional on Capitol Hill, in Hollywood, with the Nobel Prize-winning UN Intergovernmental Panel and for four of the largest retailers in the U.S.

A photo illustration of Donald Trump and a torn American flag.

HAIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW

We’re Laughing at Trump’s Comb Over While America Goes Bald

Those are just split ends in the grand scheme of things. But that same impulsive instinct they represent is scalping the country in ways that stretch from hideous to historic.

John Casey

A photo illustration collage of Donald Trump's Great American State Fair for America's 250th anniversary, the Semiquincentennial.

FAIR WARNING

Why Every Fail at Trump’s ‘Great’ State Fair is a Metaphor

In less than a week, the fair has become a perfectly mangled portrait of a botched administration.

John Casey

FIGHT CLUB

Trump’s Blood Lust Takes Center Stage at the White House

Nothing is sacred when it comes to the president’s appetite for entertainment.

John Casey

Photo illo illustration of Donald Trump holding a photo of a crumbling White House

MONUMENTAL FAIL

After Alligator Alcatraz Sinks, Is Trump’s Ballroom Next?

Here’s the pattern: Trump promises something lavish and builds it on literally unstable ground, whether the Florida Everglades or the marshlands of Washington, D.C.

John Casey