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Bernie Endorses Hillary Bernie’s timing was, I think, just right. A lot of Democrats were understandably impatient for Sanders to move on, accept defeat and begin to help unite the party against Trump. But Sanders hasn’t been running just to ...
Read MoreHillary’s E-mails, Redux
I don’t really want to blog about Hillary’s e-mails, but the topic really is unavoidable, isn’t it? I don’t see that the FBI report adds much new information to what was known after the State Department Inspector General’s report was ...
Read MoreBrexit and the US
The Brexit vote inevitably invites comparison to the upcoming presidential election in the United States. It’s clear that Brexit wasn’t just a vote to leave the European Union: It was a vote against immigration, laden with racial fears and resentment. ...
Read MoreTrump and the Media
Donald Trump is pissed at the media, or, at least, so he says. In a news conference on Tuesday, Trump lambasted the media as “not good people,” “extremely dishonest” and “sleazy,” among other epithets. What ingratitude! The media have been ...
Read MoreStuck with Hillary
No question about it, and no way to spin it. The State Department report on Hillary Clinton’s e-mails is damaging. It reinforces popular negatives that continue to dog Hillary—arrogant, presumptuous, secretive, stubborn and not entirely honest. Particularly disturbing—indeed incomprehensible—is the ...
Read MoreCruz’s Excellent Diatribe
Excellent? Me, say that about Ted Cruz? Have I ever had anything good to say about Cruz? I don’t think so, but I really do feel compelled to report on his press conference yesterday morning, which seems to have gotten ...
Read MoreThe State of the GOP
Let us pause for a moment amidst this topsy-turvy presidential election year to contemplate the state of the Grand Old Party. The GOP is set to nominate as its candidate for President of the United States a hatemongering, clinically narcissistic ...
Read MoreWhat HRC Isn’t & What She Is
Two articles in yesterday’s NY Times usefully shed light on the probable 2016 Democratic nominee for president . Hillary-haters ought to read Nicholas Kristof’s op.ed. Kristof debunks the myth that Hillary is an exceptionally devious or mendacious or shifty politician. ...
Read MoreBernie’s Choice
A New Republic article by Jeet Heer nicely captures my thinking about the Bernie Sanders phenomenon while at the same time reflecting the concerns that I and some commenters have been expressing in my last couple of posts. The title ...
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