It has been clear since November 7 that Joe Biden is the President-elect of the United States. Nevertheless, during the interregnum, the period between that… Read More »Blog No. 272. The Interregnum: Dereliction, Menace, Malice and More
Donald Trump likes to portray himself as a figure of strength, and in some venues he carries it off: his loud and vulgar blustering can… Read More »Blog No. 237. Betrayal: Turkey, the Kurds and The Weakness of Donald Trump
The Republican and Democratic conventions each produced historic results: the Democrats were the first major party ever to nominate a woman for President and the Republicans produced the most stunningly unfit candidate ever to be nominated by a major party. Now that the conventions have come and gone, we are left with a momentary sense of relief, but also foreboding as to the the next three months of charges and counter-charges and, ultimately, the election in November.Read More »Blog No. 106. The End of the Beginning: Historic Conventions and the Candidates They Gave Us