by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 22, 2022 | Politics
Donald Trump is in most ways a bigot, including, in private if reports are to be believed, toward gay and lesbian people. But one paradox of his political career has been that even at the same time he campaigned on racism and restricted transgender rights, he tended...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 15, 2022 | Politics |
America during the presidency of Joe Biden has been wracked with difficulties. There is no question about that, and I am not here to persuade skeptical readers to the contrary. And of course, the president receives blame for events that cause malaise among the mass...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 8, 2022 | Politics |
The United States Supreme Court is making every Republican promise real. For decades, GOP politicians have pandered to their party’s extreme wing with pledges to enact an agenda quite far to the right of the median voter’s preferences. Swing voters largely...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 30, 2022 | Politics |
The contest for U.S. Senate in North Carolina features a stark contrast in personalities. In temperament, background, and ideological intensity, Cheri Beasley and Ted Budd, each carrying their respective partisan banner, are dramatically different people. Their...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 6, 2022 | Politics |
I remember when, in about 2010, Republicans began putting pictures of assault rifles in their campaign advertisements. The response from most observers amounted to “Oh my god! That’s crossing a line.” Now every Republican from Lauren Boebert to Bo...
by Daniel Gilligan | Jun 3, 2022 | Politics |
While we were told to wait for all the information to make a judgment about police actions in Uvalde, the police themselves were quick to share a (now disproven) story that the shooter gained access through a door propped open by a teacher. This attempt to blame a...
