Tag: 2016 presidential election
Nov. 3, 2017
Obama’s role in the 2016 election
We thought we knew what there was to know about the 2016 election. Then it turned out that we didn’t. Now it seems increasingly clear…

Sep. 29, 2017
How Trump really beat Clinton
Few of us may be inclined to wade into what happened in the election of 2016 when our energies are so urgently on call to…

May. 12, 2017
Being a citizen in the age of Donald Trump
“Hey, I’m president! I’m president! Can you believe it?!” That’s what Donald Trump said in celebrating the passage of the American Health Kill bill by…

Jan. 20, 2017
Is Donald Trump a legitimate president?
It will happen, it is happening, it has happened. Donald Trump will become the 45th president of the United States. It is the greatest political…

Jan. 20, 2017
Journalism or sensationalism?
It had been a brutal year-and-a-half of news coverage, filled to the brim with a constant, remorseless 24-hour stream of verbal diarrhea. The stories were…

Jan. 13, 2017
A dream of equality
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech, Aug. 28, 1963, at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, which, even 50…

Dec. 2, 2016
Effects of a Trump presidency
The consequences of the 2016 election have yet to unfold, although Donald Trump, having impatiently pushed his predecessor aside, is for all practical purposes already…

Nov. 18, 2016
How Trump claimed victory over Clinton
How did he do it? The man who broke every rule in the political playbook; the man shunned, excoriated and ridiculed every day by the…

Nov. 18, 2016
Letter to the editorial board: Unity post election is easier said than done
Dear Editorial Board, On the morning of Nov. 9, I watched as Donald J. Trump was elected the president of the United States. To say…

Nov. 18, 2016
Transforming politics into reality television
With the fallout from this year’s election sprawled out on magazine after magazine, it is useful to look past what has happened and into the…
