In an attempt to sound like he knows something about foreign policy, Donald Trump sat for an interview with Michael Gove, of the Times
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How black people and Trump align: You’re not going to like this
No black person who is opposed to Trump’s presidency wants to hear this (internally, I’ve struggled with this thought), but in many ways we
Bluster and saber-rattling: effective tools of foreign policy?
Mark Moyar wrote a fascinating editorial in The New York Times the other day. In “The World Fears Trump’s America. That’s a Good Thing,”
Comparing Trump and Hitler: Uncomfortable but necessary
Before the 2016 election, some historians and journalists compared Trump’s ascension with Hitler’s rise to power in Germany before World War II. Now that
Trump’s laughable conflict of interest plan
Experts in the field of government ethics apparently had to restrain themselves from laughing out loud at Donald Trump’s conflict of interest plan, as
Trump’s incoherence on full display at press conference
Don’t rely on condensed and cleaned-up news reports of Donald Trump’s Jan. 11, 2017 press conference to give the full picture of his incoherent
Buyer’s remorse? Perhaps you should have voted for her
Are you having post-election buyer’s remorse? There are many reasons people did not cast a ballot for Hillary Clinton. Some people, including myself, generally
How do you stop a demagogue? No easy answers
Now that the Electoral College has failed—not unexpectedly—in its wished-for mission to stop a demagogue from becoming President of the United States, we need
Welcome to American pollutocracy
Newly elected Presidents do not obtain formal power for over two months, but it feels like they gain control immediately. Their major appointments and
Should Democrats obstruct Trump or try to minimize the damage?
The single biggest question before Democrats is not how to overturn the results of the 2016 election or dissecting what went wrong in the