Suppose that you were judging a bake-off among contestants who didn’t know the difference between sugar and salt. Suppose that you were a judge
Category: Democracy
Why does the Trump presidency hurt so bad?
I have not been the same since November 8, 2016. Trump’s presidency hurts. I’m taking it personally. But my anger, sadness and fear aren’t
Sign everything. Read nothing.
Donald Trump has proven that he knows how to sign stuff. In his first two weeks in office, he has made a big show
Would Trump nominees support the 25th Amendment?
Some Republicans are seeing the light about Donald Trump in the White House. While he may have led a Republican tsunami in 2016, his
Toxic word spills are poisoning democracy
Just one week into the Trump presidency, the newly inaugurated president and his circle of sycophants are working overtime to convince us that words
The imperative to test Trump’s limits
How far will Trump go before it’s too late? We need to test the limits. President Donald Trump has already shown that he is
Will democracy outlast Trump? Only if we work at it
How does American democracy outlast Trump? We are about to experience the presidency of the least experienced, least qualified, most uninformed, most autocratic and
A very unfair 160-year streak that Hillary Clinton could not overcome
James Buchanan did something that Hillary Clinton could not do, nor could any other Democrat since the election of Buchanan in 1856. Buchanan succeeded
Gerrymandering: A litmus test for honesty
Republicans like to talk about honesty; frequently that means being brash and politically incorrect. It’s incumbent for Democrats to see honesty as telling the
It’s not surprising that now is the time that “Forgotten Americans” rose up
It should not surprise us that 2016 has been the year of the Trump voter. It could well have happened without Donald Trump. Just