Joe Biden
There is no ‘do no harm’ VP pick
If you’ve kept half an eye on the ‘who will it be?’ story that is the Democratic party’s vice-presidential nomination,…
Dear Boris: what happens if Trump doesn’t accept defeat?
How Boris should handle the US election
Hidin’ Biden’s basement convention
Not everyone appreciates the extent to which the Democrats pushing Joe Biden for president are students of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.…
Top Democrats contemplate civil war if Biden loses
The chattering caste of Washington DC has spent much of the summer obsessed with the idea that Donald Trump will…
Trump campaign misses the mark with latest Biden attack
Former vice president Joe Biden handed the Trump campaign an interview gaffe for the ages on Wednesday. When asked if…
Who does Trump want?
Joe Biden has reportedly narrowed his vice-presidential search, with Sen. Kamala Harris and former national security adviser Susan Rice taking…
Have we passed peak Biden?
A consensus has formed about this presidential election: it is Joe Biden’s to lose. As long as his vice-presidential nomination…
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…
Biden is not the president America needs
In a 2008 essay in the American Conservative, I encouraged my fellow conservatives to vote for Sen. Barack Obama in…
Get ready for Trump’s second term
President Trump’s adversaries are running Joe Biden, a fallback Beltway lifer who is credibly accused of selling his office, leaking…
Same old same old
American politics is getting senile. Donald Trump and Barack Obama were both elected as agents of change, repudiations of an…
Predictions of Trump’s demise may yet again be premature
Throughout the summer, various polls from the key battleground states indicate Joe Biden is in a very strong position. He…
Kanye West is the sanest presidential candidate
Kanye West has again proven his ability to draw the attention, fascination and ire of the public — this time…
Is Trump toning himself down for re-election?
The last time a U.S. President lost re-election, the year was 1992 and the victim was George H.W. Bush. President…
Where can patriotic Americans find America?
If we’ve confirmed anything in 2020, it is that liberal-progressives really do control the major influencers in America. This puts…
Will black voters abandon the Democrats in 2024?
Joe Biden owes his nomination to black Democrats, who never joined the revolution led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, closed ranks…
How will Biden pick his VP?
This COVID-infected campaign season has brought more than its fair share of surprises. Virtual conventions, turnover at the top of…
Virtual insanity
This week was originally slated to be the week of the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, when presumptive nominee Joe…
Can Biden avoid the debates?
In an opinion column for the New York Times, Thomas Friedman proposes that Joe Biden debate Donald Trump only if…
Biden’s half-baked celebrity world
Remember how all those celebrity endorsements worked out for Hillary Clinton in 2016? In the end, it seems, even a…
Why Biden might be better for Brexit Britain
At the best of times, US presidential elections require the British government to walk a tightrope. In 1992, a Tory…