An initial period of one hundred days in office is an arbitrary and artificial measure of presidential effectiveness. Nevertheless, the term has held some fascination… Read More »Blog No. 288. President Biden’s Next 100 Days
President Biden’s decision to withdraw all American forces from Afghanistan by September 11 may turn out to be one of the more significant decisions of… Read More »Blog No. 287. Afghanistan and the Coming Debacle
For the past two weeks, we have witnessed the unusual spectacle of a public rift between the Republican Party and corporate America. The rift began… Read More »Blog No. 286. The GOP and Corporate Woke
Those who voted for Joe Biden in order to restore dignity, decency and empathy to the White House, have been well rewarded by the President’s… Read More »Blog No. 285. Has Big and Bold Buried Bipartisan?
Note from Doug Parker. Ivan R. Dee was the founder of the distinguished publishing house that bore his name. When his firm published my biography… Read More »Guest Blog by Ivan R. Dee on The Alarming Rise of the “Cancel Culture”
The media have routinely described the situation at our border with Mexico as a crisis. The most dramatic and poignant element of the crisis has… Read More »Blog No. 284 The Border Mess: Is It a Crisis?
The election of 2020 did not create partisan warfare over elections and voting, but it brought that conflict to new and unprecedented levels of bitterness.… Read More »Blog No. 283 The Voting War
Blog No. 281 discussed Donald Trump’s potential criminal liability stemming from his role in the January 6 insurrection, and promised that Part II would assess… Read More »Blog No. 282 After Acquittal: What Now? (Part II)
INDEED, JUSTICE STORY SPECIFICALLY REMINDED THAT WHILE FORMER OFFICIALS WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CONVICTION, THEY WERE — AND THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT — STILL… Read More »Blog No 281. After Acquittal: What Now? (Part I)
Blog No. 280, posted on February 10, questioned the $1.9 trillion size of the proposed American Rescue Plan and urged that it be better targeted.… Read More »UPDATE to Blog No. 280. Biden’s American Rescue Plan: Lifeboat or Christmas Tree?