Trump—an aggrieved leader for an aggrieved people
Why, one wonders, would so many Americans be prepared to elect a president with such contempt for democracy, one of the country’s cardinal values. A…
… a Bill Longstaff blog
Why, one wonders, would so many Americans be prepared to elect a president with such contempt for democracy, one of the country’s cardinal values. A…
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has responded to the Trump shooting by asking progressives to “dial down” the way they characterize conservative politicians, blaming them for…
If I should ask what the most prominent single feature of American politics is today, I suspect most would say it's polarization, perhaps dangerous polarization.…
Joe Biden is my kind of leader—bright, compassionate, experienced and, of no small importance, he lead’s by consensus. I think he’s one of the better…
Many people think that Hitler was democratically elected chancellor of Germany. He wasn’t. In fact, some highly influential conservatives convinced President von Hindenburg to appoint…
A recent article in The New York Times took me back to the latter decades of the 20th century and the debates over free trade…
In 1953, Iran’s democratic government led by Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq was toppled by a military coup backed by the CIA and the British Secret…
Rudolph Giuliani was once a man of substance. A man of integrity. He served as the U.S. Associate Attorney General from 1981 to 1983 and…
There seems to be no limit to the incendiary statements ex-US President Donald Tump is capable of. Earlier this week he made an egregious attack…
The U.S. has come a long way. Any doubt about that was erased last Monday. On that day, a Southern black woman announced that she…
Recent polls show that Donald Trump and Joe Biden are tied in this very early stage of the 2024 presidential race. Each has just over…
There is a common assumption that Adolf Hitler was elected to the position of Chancellor of Germany. That isn’t strictly correct. In 1933, the Nazi…