White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner said today that Russia’s interference in the 2016 US presidential election was serious, but that the ensuing Mueller Commission investigation has done much more to damage American democracy.
What?!
First off, Kushner is flat out wrong.… Continue Reading
Authoritarianism, demagoguery and Xenophobia have swept the world over the past decade or so. China and Russia are ruled by their leaders with an iron fist, and dissent is viciously crushed. Far right leaders have also been elected in several key eastern and central european nations, from Hungary and Poland to Austria.… Continue Reading
When I heard the news on Friday that former president George H. W. Bush had died, I was of two minds. On the one hand, he was a decorated Navy pilot who volunteered for service at age 18 during World War II.… Continue Reading
December 22, 2017, was a date which will live in infamy. I’m quoting FDR’s famous speech to a joint session of Congress on December 8th, 1941, the day after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, which led to the US entry into World War II.… Continue Reading
President-elect Donald J. Trump took a well-documented victory lap last week after negotiating a deal with the Carrier Corporation to keep 1000 jobs in Indiana, reversing the company’s plan to ship the jobs overseas to its Monterrey, Mexico, factory. Trump was effusive on Twitter, crowing: “Big day on Thursday for Indiana and the great workers of that wonderful state.… Continue Reading
I’ve already written a fair amount about the 2016 presidential race, particularly the Democratic primary. I also imagine that lots of folks are probably exhausted from wall-to-wall Trump coverage. “He’s a demagogue!”; “He’s speaks for a disempowered bloc of struggling white Americans!”… Continue Reading
President Obama defeated Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary in 2008 in large part due to his opposition to the Iraq War Resolution, which Clinton supported.… Continue Reading