If politics presumes to entertainment, why isn’t it more entertaining?
In any case, after the unruly 2016 campaign, the over-riding question for 2020 and beyond looms: will voters embrace the most qualified presidential candidate – or fall for a predictably hyped replay of bad theatrics?
Let’s not neglect the alpha creep
If the righteous pursuers of Harvey Weinstein care about the women who swear he violated them, then they must hold Trump answerable, too.
Trump meeting with Netanyahu coincides with new hospital strikes and mass displacement in Gaza
As White House talks tout a cease-fire framework and a new Gaza governance plan, fresh attacks hit al-Shifa and Al Helou and tens of thousands flee Gaza City.
Joe Biden’s AstroTurf campaign
Biden’s decision last month to greenlight super PACs on his behalf has underscored just how eager he is to bankroll his AstroTurf campaign against grassroots progressives no matter what.
Bernie Sanders takes lead nationally as Biden nosedives post-Iowa: Quinnipiac poll
“This poll reflects a fundamentally different race than pre-Iowa, one in which Bernie Sanders is the clear front-runner.”
Senators demand investigation into Trump adviser for possible insider trading
“Icahn made a big bet that the price of renewable fuel credits would drop. Then he advised on policies that made them drop.”
Re-Defending the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo rages on as the lone state senator, Donna Campbell, is re-defending the Alamo from the invading forces of the United Nations. So what spurred her to rush to the barricades of the Alamo?
Finally, Trumpers build their loyalty test ‘border wall’—only to keep out desperately needed voters
The party’s “rigged” addiction to sabotaging a legitimate election is itself “stealing” away its own leverage.
The Trouble in Xinjiang: What Can We Learn from the Chinese “War on Terror”?
It is an oft noted irony of the late 20th and early 21st centuries that, as the world becomes more globalized in the economic sense, the struggles of smaller nationalities for autonomy or outright separation from larger states has become more pronounced.
House confirms upcoming vote on decriminalization of marijuana at federal level
"Advocates are hopeful that real marijuana reform benefiting those most affected by the War on Drugs could be around the corner."









