The President’s foreign policy, or lack thereof, amounts to little more than instinctual appeasement and retreatism. By refusing to keep faith with our allies, he is quite literally surrendering America’s place in the world order.
The Persistence of Mad Kings in Literature and History
Again and again in both fact and fiction, those who never should have been given the reins of power are enabled by those who can’t resist the lure of having access to that power.
Is Trump Running As Both Bush And Dukakis?
President Trump seems to think he can tout himself as a Law-and-Order President while disparaging Joe Biden’s Tough-On-Crime history.
I Was Wrong, Burn It Down
I cannot in good conscience continue to openly support the Republican Party.
A One-Two Punch Has Made American Carnage All Too Real
Political movements on both sides of the aisle have placed narrative over common sense and severely wounded the economic outlook of inner-city African Americans for years to come.
The Marginal Drift of the Republican Party
While many members of the GOP still see themselves as conservative, the party’s tone and direction has severely drifted into the realm of populist nationalism as it has been willing to abandon core traditional tenets of conservative orthodoxy.
Avatars of Our Anxieties
Populism is often based on fear and propels demagogues who embody that fear into power.
Tulsa, Trump, and Dog Whistles
Believing that the Trump campaign, in having a rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth, has crafted a convoluted dog whistle to signal their support for white supremacy is giving them way too much credit.
President Trump Plans to Start Up Rallies Again
Donald Trump is about to get back to the thing he loves the most, but are the MAGA rallies still a potent political weapon or will these off-the-cuff appearances by the President prove to be a growing liability?