Tag: American politics
Nov. 1, 2024
Vote for the lesser of two evils
When asked to pick something, we tend to experience our choice as an affirmation. In our two-party election system, we must shed that view and…

Nov. 18, 2022
What Happens to the Losers in Politics?
No one likes to lose. Losing, however, is part of life. Part of the joy of winning is knowing that you put all your effort…
Nov. 18, 2022
Democracy Gets a Reprieve
The votes are still out in the 2022 midterm elections, partly a result of the patchquilt system of 50 states, each with its own rules…
May. 24, 2019
America, Democracy, and the Sixth Great Extinction
Is the fate of the planet — that is, of our fate on it — tied to the fate of democracy? I think there are…

May. 10, 2019
Will the United States of America have an election in 2020?
In 2000, Vice President Al Gore conceded a disputed presidential election to George W. Bush after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively ended his legal challenge…

May. 10, 2019
The truth had set us free, well, until Barr was sworn in
It was the report that America and the world waited with bated breath to hear. The report that would reveal, once and for all, whether…

Jul. 13, 2018
How it happened: the inevitable Trump election
Maureen Dowd, The New York Times’ resident editorial wit, wrote recently that Donald Trump slipped into the presidency “through a tear in the space-continuum.” Sure…

Jun. 29, 2018
It has happened here: Fascism in the United States
In 1935, the third year of Hitler’s Third Reich, Sinclair Lewis published a novel called “It Can’t Happen Here,” speculating on the possibility that fascism…

May. 6, 2016
The coming realignment of American politics
I’ve been watching American elections—and sparingly participating in them—for a long time. Sparingly participating, because I take my one 300th million share of the popular…
