Articles by Robert Zaller

If there was ever a lose-lose proposition in American politics, it was the second impeachment of Donald Trump. It had to happen and it had…

Joe Biden has promised to produce results for a country that, as he himself says, is at war. He surely had a lot of problems…

The good news about the COVID-19 pandemic is that vaccines that appear to be safe and thus far effective were developed in record time, and…

It’s not, alas, true that democracy has “prevailed” wit Unfortunately, it’s untrue to say that democracy has “prevailed” with the inauguration of President Joe Biden,…

Donald Trump is hitching one last ride on Air Force One, with a planned 21 gun salute to see him off. If anyone ever told…

In all the death that has surrounded us this year, there has been one group that has had at least partial reprieve: the inmates on…

If there’s one reason why Joe Biden will be occupying the White House on Jan. 20, it’s Nancy Pelosi. Whether to bless or blast her…

In my last article, I suggested that America was the Titanic, already with a gash in its side. One might consider the iceberg that had…

As I write this article on Election Eve, it seems utterly in doubt who will win the presidency. It may be no more certain by…

Until the 20th century, only two states in the modern world had attempted to devise a government from scratch: Haiti and the United States. Haiti…