2020 election
The right stuff
No matter what the pundits say, no matter how the polls look, November’s presidential election is very much up for…
How to be right
Two broad camps divide American conservatism today: those who get it, and those who don’t — the woke and unwoke,…
Why isn’t Joe Biden being tested for COVID-19?
Joe Biden has faced questions on his mental and physical acuity throughout his presidential bid. For example, he first said…
Who really wants to delegitimize the election result?
On Thursday afternoon, prior to the final night of the Democratic convention, four New York Times opinion columnists gathered to…
China disappears at the DNC
Members of media hailed the all-digital Democratic National Convention and convention coordinator Stephanie Cutter, the former Obama adviser famous for…
Joe Biden offers platitudes, not policies
Joe Biden’s speech was effective in many ways and sure to please his supporters. But anyone who expected him to…
Joe Biden's Republican Convention
Joe Biden’s range of emotional expression has narrowed with age – when he wants to convey feeling now, he shouts.…
That dreary Bloomberg speech cost him $18 million
There’s an infamous anecdote from an old New York magazine story, in which then-New York mayor Michael Bloomberg arrived at…
Who do Democrats want to be?
In 2004, Democratic senator Zell Miller spoke to the Republican National Convention in New York City. Focusing on the wars…
Pompeo is right on Iran sanctions
The halls of the UN are a habitual stage for empty gestures and vaporous rhetoric, but last Friday’s Security Council…
Meghan Markle, voting rights activist
The biggest voting bloc in America is that of the non-voter. As a result, most prominent calls to Americans to…
A country for old men
When 83-year-old New Jersey congressman Bill Pascrell shared a photo of American lawmakers meeting a Chinese trade delegation in Washington…
The Democrats have learned nothing in four years
On night two of the Democratic National Convention, Jack Schlossberg, son of Carolyn Kennedy and grandson of President John F.…
Bill Clinton: from boomer to Zoomer
It’s no fun to see Bill Clinton in a virtual vacuum. He’s a people person, a glad-hander, a back-rubber, a…
Michelle Obama goes low on the first night of the virtual DNC
What was that? That was the question the internet was asking as the disjointed first night of the Democratic National…
Going postal: the USPS conspiracy theory is the new Russiagate
For the past three years, our national media has been fired up by the urge to fact-check. They fact-checked Donald…
Joe Biden’s Weak Ass Policies
Finally, Joe Biden has submitted himself to the test of a rigorous interview. Unfortunately it wasn’t conducted by Axios’s boomerang-slinger…
Will Biden get away with his bad record on race?
If there’s been one hallmark of the Trump campaign’s messaging against Joe Biden, it’s that the former VP is the…
James Carville’s advice to Joe Biden
On Monday night, the Democratic party kicks off the first-of-its-kind, never-seen-before, virtual presidential nominating convention. In anticipation of the big online…
Steve Bannon’s army of lookalikes
Stephen K. Bannon positioned himself as the godfather of a new American political movement. Now he’s cultivated the aesthetic of…
Milwaukee is a victory for Silicon Valley’s shadow state
The real venue for the Democratic National Convention will not be Milwaukee, but the online platforms that will facilitate and…
What does Kamala Harris really believe?
When Joe Biden chose Kamala Harris as his running mate, the Religion News Service reported that she ‘now considers herself…
Kamala Obama?
Kamala Harris is no radical. Indeed, no matter how vaguely inclusive the label ‘progressive’ may be, Harris’s long record as…
Will Trump win Minnesota?
Sen. Amy Klobuchar may have to eat her words after declaring last year that Donald Trump will ‘never win Minnesota’.…
Kamala chameleon
Kamala Harris, the new Democratic vice-presidential nominee, certainly looks the part. Barack Obama once called her ‘the best-looking attorney general…
