Tag: Donald Trump
May. 22, 2020
A voter guide to Pennsylvania’s rescheduled primary election
Despite the circumstances, the state of Pennsylvania will still be holding a primary election on Tuesday, June 2. The election, originally meant to be on…

May. 15, 2020
American Amnesia: Kent State, Star Wars, and the Fourth of May
Let me begin with a confession: I know nothing about “Star Wars” except that it is a movie franchise created by George Lucas that has…
Jun. 8, 2018
Roseanne is irresponsible
“Fight Club” author Chuck Palahniuk once said, “It only takes one mistake and nothing else you ever do will matter. No matter how hard you…

Jun. 8, 2018
European Union can only blame itself for its failure
The “West,” as that term has been understood since the end of World War II, is cracking up. It consisted, broadly, of the U.S., Canada…

May. 11, 2018
Negotiating nuclear arms
I couldn’t have imagined that I’d see Kim Jong Un shake hands with any foreigner other than Dennis Rodman in my lifetime, but here I…

Mar. 16, 2018
Blame the players not the video game
It’s been almost a month since the Parkland shooting and it seems like gun control isn’t going to go away so easily. Of course, there…

Nov. 17, 2017
The Russian Revolution changed politics
This Nov. 7 saw, by the Gregorian calendar, the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. By any measure, it was the most important political event…

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…

Aug. 11, 2017
Why democracy is failing
The two famous comments about democracy in the last century were made, respectively, by America’s 28th president, Woodrow Wilson, and by Winston Churchill. Wilson declared…

Aug. 11, 2017
Policy changes in 140 characters or less
Is President Trump’s use of Twitter to announce significant policy changes a move towards transparency or a distraction from the what’s really happening in Washington?…
