The year 2017 will go down as one of the most eventful years in recent memory. The 2017 inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States ushered in a year of turmoil and disruption. Almost immediately, false claims from the White House began with clearly observable lies from the White House on the size of the inaugural crowd.

The obsession to overturn and outdo everything Obama was perhaps the singular focus of the new regime. It is interesting how we most likely use the word "administration" for democratic countries, while reserving the word "regime" for countries who fall short of democratic principles. But this administration clearly has the feel of a third-world regime based on a cult of personality, political vindictiveness, pettiness, mass ignorance, and a passion for the basest of human emotions, as opposed to the principles of tolerance, citizenship, diversity, and science.

And just as abruptly as the new administration took office, millio...