Back in December of 2015, I wrote a piece on what I believed at the time to be a somewhat momentous Fox News exchange between Bill O’Reilly and the late Charles Krauthammer. The discussion took place on The O’Reilly Factor right after a GOP presidential primary debate, and the topic… CONTINUE
Long Week: Trump, Turkey, Farrow, Lauer, Warren, and more…
Because this has been an exceptionally busy news week with lots of big happenings, I’ve done something I normally don’t by putting together a digest-style piece to touch on multiple stories. This won’t become a habit. I much prefer looking at individual issues in a more deep and detailed manner,… CONTINUE
The Cascading Stupidity of Binary Politics
“Make America Great Again” “Forward Together” “A Future to Believe In” “I’m With Her” “Keep America Great” “For Everyone” “Not me. Us” Those are some of the more prominent campaigns slogans from the past two presidential election cycles. But while some of them have proven more effective than others, they… CONTINUE
Trump, Ukraine, and the Soft Bias of Low Expectations
If you’ve been paying attention to the Trump/Ukraine story, you’ve likely noticed that the news-media and social-media reactions to it have largely (but not entirely) fallen along partisan lines. Many of those who adamantly dislike the president view the declassified summary of Trump’s July 25th call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr… CONTINUE
Trickle-Down Election Disarmament
Those who’ve been reading my work for a while know that up until the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001, I was largely agnostic when it came to American politics. I didn’t follow most issues carefully. I didn’t really understand the fundamentals of conservatism and liberalism (outside of their pop-culture… CONTINUE
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