With the third round of Democratic debates scheduled for Thursday, it is timely to look again at where the Democratic campaign seems to be headed.… Read More »Blog No. 234. Democrats: Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory?
In August, the Business Roundtable issued a “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation” signed by 180 CEOs. It provided in part that: While each… Read More »Blog No. 233. Corporations: The Business Roundtable and Senator Warren
Jeff Bauer is a Medical Economist and Healthcare Futurist. We have been friends since we met several years ago on a transatlantic voyage, and Jeff… Read More »Guest Blog: A Constructive Contrarian’s Thoughts on Medicare for All
When the Trump New Lows Tracker was inaugurated on August 13, I thought that a few weeks might pass before there would an occasion to… Read More »Trump New Lows Tracker. Bulletin No. 2 (New Lows Nos. 2-5)
On August 18, 2019, my friend and long-ago law partner, Judge Jed S. Rakoff, gave an address at the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island at the… Read More »Address by Judge Jed S. Rakoff
President Trump met with his National Security advisers on Friday to finalize approval of an agreement with the Taliban to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan.… Read More »Blog No. 232. Afghanistan Withdrawal: Betrayal and Risk?
We have often seen some action, comment or tweet by Donald Trump described as a “new low.” How many new lows have there been? How… Read More »Trump New Low Tracker. Bulletin No. I
The outrages In El Paso and Dayton laid bare two gaping wounds in America 2019: feelings of hate and white supremacy morphing into domestic terrorism… Read More »Blog No. 231. El Paso and Dayton: What Now?
BREAKING NEWS. As this blog was being prepared for posting, the terrible shootings in El Paso and Dayton intervened. Those dreadful events will be the… Read More »Blog No. 230. Round Two of the Democratic Debates: Another Milestone in the March to Re-electing Donald Trump
It is sometimes said that a sign of insanity is to repeat the same action again and again, hoping each time for a different result.… Read More »Blog No. 229. John Ratcliffe for DNI: Just Say No