I harbored a personal affinity towards a Mike Huckabee nod for vice president. In expressing that preference, I also wrote that J.D. Vance would be a great choice, but I was risk-averse to putting his Ohio U.S. Senate seat in…
If you are looking for a talented statesman with a good political imagination and a strong record, you should read the Washington Post and MSNBC, perhaps tune into CNN for a while, and see who they are afraid of. Right…
We return to a persistent subject with the lead subject of today’s Five Quick Things — that being the utterly insufficient and generally useless quality of a majority of the Republicans in the U.S. Senate. I’ve said here and there,…
Sen. J.D. Vance and Rep. Michael Cloud introduced the Dismantle DEI Act on Wednesday, which would eliminate all federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and funding. Though the bill’s passage would be a significant legislative victory for Republicans, Democrats would…
The conventional wisdom concerning vice-presidential picks is that they don’t really matter because voters focus on the top of the ticket in presidential elections. This is ordinarily true, but 2024 is no ordinary election year. This time the winner will…
When a bipartisan congressional bill ending the COVID-19 national emergency was reluctantly signed by President Biden last April, most Americans hoped that the politicization of the virus was at an end. Those hopes dimmed two weeks ago when Dr. Anthony…
COVID is back — at least, that is what Americans are supposed to believe. This time, however, as a slight increase in COVID cases fuels talk of reimposing mask mandates, some Republicans are taking a stand. This week, Sen. J.D….
After many years of working in the policy world, I have concluded that politics is at most 10 percent about making the world better and safer. The rest is at least 45 percent theater and 45 percent catering to special…
The word “authenticity” is having a moment. In the context of product marketing and prominent consumer brands, one sees countless references to the criticality of purpose-driven marketing and the necessity of brands being perceived as authentic to garner the loyalty…
