Tag: politics
Feb. 28, 2020
Sanders, Trump and the Two-Party System
Three months ago, the smart money wouldn’t have bet a nickel on Bernie Sanders becoming the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in 2020. Yes, he…
Feb. 21, 2020
Michael Bloomberg’s buying of the 2020 presidency
It’s come to this: the worst threat to the Republic isn’t Donald J. Trump. It’s Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg is the billionaire flyover candidate who knows…
Feb. 14, 2020
President Trump’s risks have kept him ahead of his competition
It has now been almost five years since Donald Trump came down his escalator (which he misremembers as an elevator) to announce himself as America’s…
Feb. 7, 2020
We’re mad as hell, but does it truly matter at this rate?
All you really need to know about the current state of American politics, and America itself, was laid out more than 40 ago in a…
Jan. 31, 2020
The 75th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation calls for a look into the past
On the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by the On the 75th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation by the Russian Red Army, it is…
Jan. 31, 2020
The media’s jaded view of the Middle East
Israel, and most of the Middle East in general, is a place that Americans tend to fear visiting because of the jaded misconceptions and biased…
Jan. 31, 2020
The most murderous century, and its successor
While the impeachment proceedings in the U. S. Senate began last week, President Trump, like Richard Nixon under fire before him, betook himself to foreign…
Jan. 24, 2020
The U.S. senate fiddles while the planet burns
Donald Trump’s impeachment trial now begins, with a travesty cast of lawyers including Kenneth Starr, whose conduct during the Clinton impeachment led to the abolition…
Jan. 17, 2020
Voting is Accessible to All, Just Not Equally
Young people across this nation are standing up for many different causes with sizeable rallies and protests that are truly commendable. Hundreds of students gathering…
Jan. 17, 2020
A blood-soaked tale 40 years in the making
There are two rules of the road for any president: Don’t crash the economy, and don’t start a war. If Donald Trump needed any reminder…
