The real Joe Biden: what would his presidency look like?
What should the world expect from a President Biden?
The real Joe Biden: what would his presidency look like?
It is usually a bad idea for a presidential candidate to leave himself open to the accusation that he is…
Trump takes on anti-nationalism
Even the most ardent Trumpist must admit that it has been a bad few months for the President. The COVID-19…
John Bolton is a greedy hack
Bolton is a peculiar and stubborn man – you can tell that from his moustache. He’s also a greedy hack.…
Society isn’t systemically racist. It is systemically woke
Structural, systemic, systematically — we’re hearing these words a lot at the moment. Racism isn’t individual. It is structural or…
America is burning – and it could cost Trump the presidency
Will civil unrest seal Trump’s downfall?
Lady Luck has deserted Trump
‘The crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end,’ said Donald Trump on July…
America’s immune system is failing
‘This American carnage stops right here and stops right now,’ said President Donald Trump in his inauguration speech on January…
Twitter spreads riot porn — but censors a President vowing to restore law and order
If you have been following the Minneapolis riots on Twitter or Facebook, you may have come across an edgy new…
Biden’s mental frailty makes him a Teflon candidate
President Trump gets away with a lot because much of the world thinks he’s a buffoon. Former vice president Joe…
Hiding Biden is the best way to get him elected
The less voters see the Democratic nominee, the more they like him
Hiding Biden is the best way to get him elected
So Mrs American Voter, which septuagenarian sex abuser do you want to be President? The whole ‘#MeToo’ business probably should…
Why are people taking Trump's disinfectant comments seriously?
Every time you think Donald Trump has lost his talent for making people’s heads explode, he somehow excels himself. His…
How Bill Clinton junked America’s supremacy
‘This is a good day for America,’ said President Bill Clinton on May 24, the Year of Our Lord 2000.…
Trump should shutdown his press conferences, now
What do you do when you are in an argument with an impossible child who sees you as the enemy?…
Confessions of a Covid-19 truther
According to psychologists, denial is a common defence mechanism. We humans reject truths which we find too uncomfortable to bear.…
Bernie lost because he’d already won
So — it turns out there are no socialists in pandemic elections. Bernie Sanders has suspended his campaign, which in…
Frightened people love their leaders
‘The Trump presidency is over’, said Peter Wehner, in the Atlantic. The great wizards of liberal punditry stroked their beards…
Let’s applaud mothers — the real key workers
Our daughter Clementine, 5, has just decided what she wants to be when she grows up. ‘A cleaner …. and…
Are you feeling stimulated?
Well, at least this isn’t socialism for the rich. The Trump administration’s gargantuan stimulus package — the third in response…
America has a choice between two kinds of crazy
Sanity no longer seems a useful quality in US presidential candidates
Biden vs Trump: may the craziest man win!
‘We are the United States of Amnesia,’ said Gore Vidal in 2004. These days, it’s more the United States of…
It’s time to take Joe Biden seriously
Everybody knows that Joe Biden’s mental health is a concern. We all understand that he is not the Democratic Party’s…
Joe’s Super Thursday
Biden’s campaign is back from the dead
Joe’s Super Thursday!
I met Joe Biden last month, after one of his town hall events in New Hampshire. His team had turned…