The depressing results of the British elections are in, and, inevitably, people are drawing parallels to American politics and the prospects for 2020. Notably, the usually sensible Roger Cohen, the predictable Bret Stephens and the contemptible Steve Bannon are all ...
Read MoreBrimming with self-righteous protest, Congressional Republicans have angrily rejected the clear and compelling case that their president has committed impeachable offenses. Can they really believe that Trump wasn’t trying to extort a foreign government for his personal domestic political purposes? ...
Read MoreI always look forward to reading Michael Tomasky’s commentaries, but this usually insightful pundit gets it wrong in today’s NY Times. He notes that Democrats have to decide on questions of scope and speed of the impeachment process. He thinks ...
Read MoreIn line with demands by Donald Trump, Rand Paul and others of their party, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee continue to display a fervent desire to expose the identity of the whistleblower who first alerted the country to Trump’s ...
Read MoreSome time ago I expressed concern that revulsion over Russian interference in US domestic politics and over the Trump/Putin bromance works against a realistic approach to our relations with Russia. Yes, we should oppose Russian wrongdoing, but we still need ...
Read MoreI generally try to avoid repeating myself, but some things bear repeating. A couple of years ago I did a post by this title challenging the common belief that condescending attitudes by liberal elites towards average Americans were a contributing ...
Read MoreThe NY Times’ election analysis whizzes at “538” published poll findings the other day that have caused understandable consternation among Democrats. The polls, taken in 6 key battleground states, show that Trump is highly competitive with his prospective Democratic opponents. ...
Read MoreIt now looks as though the impeachment of Donald Trump will focus exclusively, or nearly exclusively, on Trump’s shakedown of the Ukrainian government to generate dirt on Joe Biden. That’s a shame. Suppose—yes, it’s hard, but just suppose—that before that ...
Read MoreI’m a great admirer and appreciative reader of Harold Meyerson, editor at large of The American Prospect and a frequent op-ed. writer for The Washington Post. In a recent newsletter, Meyerson tries to show how Elizabeth Warren can defend her ...
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