As news reports named Joe Biden as president-elect, Donald Trump denied his defeat and launched unsupported claims of fraud. Only a few Senate Republicans congratulated Biden, including an equivocal Susan Collins. Most backed his pursuing unfounded complaints, preventing or delaying a smooth transition. Trump, the personal president, may be nothing more than a sore loser. […]
The 2020 elections have taken place on two levels. One can prove to be deadly. Voters have been choosing the president, the Senate and the House. The results of the voting also show that tens of millions place selfish interest above community welfare in dealing with Covid-19. In selecting the nation’s leaders, voters have undoubtedly […]
“It’s déjà vu all over again,” said Yogi Berra, leading American philosopher and Hall of Fame baseball player. The rushed appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court shows that’s exactly what President Trump wants. In 2000, a partisan Supreme Court decided the election, picking Republican George W. Bush over Democrat Al Gore. […]
The winner of the presidential race will get a blank check from the voters on one of the most important issues – America’s relations with the rest of the world. Foreign policy has been invisible in the presidential campaign. Though not formally scheduled for any debate, President Trump wanted it included so he could attack […]
America has a bad case of “whataboutism.” Here’s how it works. Democrats say: President Trump has completely bungled the coronavirus pandemic. Trump answers: What about the way Obama-Biden mishandled the swine flu? Conclusion: The Democrats screwed up the swine flu years ago, making their criticism of Trump’s handling of Covid-19 false. In another case: Former […]
The meeting between Donald Trump and Joe Biden revealed that age has taken something away from each of them. While they managed to convey a combative image, consistent with the personality of each of them, it also showed some emerging weaknesses. Will the next two presidential debates produce a different conclusion? That’s unlikely because Trump […]
The conventional wisdom is that the upcoming election is really all about one man – Donald Trump. As obvious as that may seem, it might really be about another man – Barack Obama. It is really about us. Trump wants to be re-elected to the presidency for his own sake. To win in 2016 and […]
This story looks like a case of trying to buy your vote using your own money. President Trump ordered the suspension of payroll tax collections during the election campaign. But workers will have to repay the money right afterwards. It’s complicated. If you’re confused, don’t worry. Trump surely did not understand the details either. Each […]
President Trump may be right in saying Confederate generals are part of American history, but he gets their role wrong – intentionally. After the Civil War, southerners erected the statues of leaders of what they called “the Lost Cause.” To sanitize their rebellion, they claimed their intent had been to preserve states rights and was […]
