Posting a protest letter on social media platforms with anonymous signatories is not just cowardly but the emptiest of empty gestures.
Bill Clinton
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump’s Laughable Claim of Immunity
Whether presidents may be charged with crimes while in office is a difficult question; whether former presidents may be charged is not.
Posted inPolitics
The Trouble with Polling Third-Parties
Sure, third-party candidates have decided any number of contests—including presidential races—but experts are stymied by gauging how these potential spoilers will do come Election Day.
Posted inPolitics
The Washington Monthly Newsletter: November 30, 2023
“Joe Biden (And Jon Tester and Sherrod Brown) Could Use a Bipartisan Immigration Deal” and the latest from the Washington Monthly website.
Posted inNovember/December 2023
What the Clinton Haters on the Left Get Wrong
A new book epitomizes the risible belief that the 42nd president betrayed liberals and the 1990s were a right-wing hellscape.
Posted inPolitics
Despite Age, Inflation Biden Is (Probably) Going to Win
Most incumbent presidents get reelected. Here’s why the octogenarian in the White House is very unlikely to be an exception.
Posted inBooks
How We Mourn Our Presidents
An anticipated new collection shows that when the nation buries a current or former president, it reveals much about America at the moment of their passing.
Posted inPolitics
Biden Concedes Nothing in His State of the Union Address
A deft, defiant Democratic president outfoxes the Republicans in front of the nation and smartly stresses antitrust and consumer rights.
Posted inPolitics
President Biden Should Aim Higher in His State of the Union Address
He can boast about policy successes and a dramatic break from neoliberal orthodoxy, but he has to do so in a speech, unlike last year’s, that clearly and eloquently explains his welcome economic vision.
Posted inMagazine
To Save the Planet, Divide and Conquer
Democrats make progress on climate change when they set business lobbies against each other.
