2020 election
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…
Witch fight! The naked hypocrisy of Alyssa Milano
Alyssa Milano has rebranded herself as a Twitter activist and Democratic party booster since her acting career peaked with the…
What happens if Trump gets the coronavirus?
The White House has announced that everyone coming into range of President Trump will be tested for COVID-19. Trump, meanwhile,…
How delaying the DNC helps Biden
Joe Biden keeps getting more unconventional. It started when he delivered short speeches and one-word answers like ‘yes’ or ‘no’.…
Will the Democrats junk Joe?
Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee. Yet many Democrats have ‘buyers’ remorse’ as the COVID virus has driven Biden…
Bursting the Cuomo bubble
Andrew Cuomo is having a moment. He enjoys ubiquitous coverage. His press conferences attract viewership second only to the president’s.…
Trump isn’t the only one to blame for our slack response to COVID-19
One of the mantras for interpreting the nature of Donald Trump has always been to take him ‘seriously, but not…
Why Tulsi backed Biden
Though neither her supporters and detractors wanted to hear it, Tulsi Gabbard was always clear that she would support the…
Vermin Supreme’s quest to win hearts, minds and the Libertarian primaries
Vermin Supreme has ‘been running for president for over 30 years’. His two most recent bids polled at third and…
Biden bus rolls over Bernie in Florida, Illinois and Arizona
Joe Biden is projected to win all three states that voted in the Democratic primary on Tuesday night, advancing his…
Coughing crotchety codgers at a dull DC coronavirus debate
Two gentlemen considered at ‘high risk’ of contracting COVID-19 met tonight in the Washington DC studio of CNN, to pitch…
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…
The circular failing Squad
The history of socialism being one of high hopes and rude repudiations, everyone could see that Bernie Sanders was about…
Bedtime for Bernie
Dosvedanya, Bernie. The honeymoon with the Democratic primary has come to as decisive an end as his old romance with…
Biden is the comeback kid — but is he ready for Trump?
Former vice president Joe Biden had an impressive showing on ‘Mini Tuesday’, crushing the delegate count and potentially sticking the…
Time to scrap the Goldwater Rule
This article is in The Spectator’s April 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. There are few ironclad rules in…
Trump could bury the Democrats for decades by embracing universal health coverage
‘We’re going to have insurance for everybody.’ That was the promise Donald Trump made on healthcare in January 2017. ‘There was a…
Twitter is manipulating the election
Twitter announced last month it would start flagging content the company and moderators decided was manipulated to deceive their users.…
Joe Biden, restoration man
The results of Super Tuesday show that while Joe Biden can’t be described as coherent, the Biden campaign has found…
Are you suffering from Elizabeth Warren Denial Syndrome?
Elizabeth Warren did not die in a tragic accident yesterday. But judging by the reactions of America’s journalists and academics,…
Coronavirus is Bernie Sanders’s running mate
Donald Trump claimed his response to the coronavirus could ‘help, not hurt’ him in the 2020 election, but Cockburn suspects…
Warren’s decision not to endorse a candidate is a kind of endorsement
She wanted to be the Tin Lizzie of the presidential race, chugging to victory as the champion of the middle-class.…
Warren stops persisting
Being president just wasn’t in Elizabeth Warren’s DNA. The New York Times’s favorite candidate has nevertheless stopped persisting. After finishing…
A short list of Biden backers who declared Trump mentally unfit for office
If there ever were a theme to emerge from the Trump era it is this: hypocrisy. We’re all guilty, we…
Super Tuesday’s real winner was Donald Trump
Was I wrong, or only early? After Joe Biden’s win in the South Carolina primary, I wrote that his victory…
