Tag: president trump
May. 3, 2019
The tale of the Reimann and Sackler families in America
The Reimann family is not a familiar name in America, but it ought to be: among the products it markets are Krispy Kreme doughnuts, Lysol…
Apr. 26, 2019
Making a call for the impeachment of President Trump
The Mueller Report has arrived, or as much of it as we have been permitted to see rather. As damning as its evidentiary detail is,…
Apr. 5, 2019
Now is the time to start considering an impeachment
The long-awaited Mueller Report, 675 days in the making, has now landed with a thud of disappointment. Although we do not have the text but…
Mar. 8, 2019
Democratic Party has a lack of leadership for the 2020 election
As the election cycle starts rolling, more and more information is being released to the public, and the path to the 2020 elections is steadily…
Mar. 1, 2019
Ilhan Omar’s comments aren’t anti-semitic in nature
Last week, Somali congresswoman Ilhan Omar was under intense scrutiny for her comments on Twitter about Israel-Palestine relations and was under pressure from her party…
Mar. 1, 2019
The Great Regression: America in the last 50 years
The year 2019 offers several landmark dates: the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Versailles, the 70th of the founding of NATO and the 30th…
Feb. 15, 2019
Trump delivered an unremarkable State of the Union Address
The 2019 State of the Union Address, given Feb. 5, was a forgettable one. That’s not to say that there was anything normal about it.…
Feb. 15, 2019
Afghanistan: The United States’ longest and most unjust war
We got into Afghanistan without thinking it through. We effectively abandoned the fight there within a year, as the George W. Bush regime began to…
Feb. 8, 2019
Government rule under one demagogue leads to tyranny
In “Politics,” the book that founded the study of political science, Aristotle distinguished three basic forms of government: kingship, or rule by a single person;…
Feb. 1, 2019
The government shutdown needs to end soon
There’s an old saying that politics is like a game of chess, with two sides of the same game battling it out to see who…