At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, the kindness and good nature of the local denizens were much talked about by attendees. But there was something else in the air: A new kind of openness to Donald Trump. I spent a lot of time outside the security perimeter, or “zone,” as it was locally known,...
Every year, on July 20, our family celebrates the day my mother and I arrived in America. We tell the stories of our arrival, of our assimilation and marvel at the unbelievable luck that we get to be Americans. I feel blessed every single day. I look at my American children and know how fortunate...
President Joe Biden is suggesting that a federal limit on annual rent increases in residential units will ease housing costs. This is what happens when economist Milton Friedman isn’t “running the show”: Policymakers follow ideas that make the problem they say they’re solving infinitely worse. “While the prior administration gave special tax breaks to corporate...
The legacy of Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman will be honored in Washington on July 24, where those of us who knew and loved him will celebrate his life, even as we mourn his loss. We are mourning, too, what has been lost in the realm of politics in recent years, with a polity defined more...
The American people are more than a week out from the attempted assassination of President Donald Trumpin Butler, Pa.We have few – if any – answers as to why it was allowed to occur. As a former Secret Service agent, I have three crucial questions that we need answers to right away. 1. Who Was...
With President Biden stepping aside in the 2024 White House race, the question becomes who has control over, and what could be done under applicable federal campaign finance laws and regulations with, the campaign funds that have been raised by the official “Biden for President” campaign committee? As of June 20, when Biden for President...
Joe Biden announced Sunday that he is ending his 2024 campaign for president. There’s no doubt he made the announcement because major Democratic leaders in state after state have increasingly come to abandon his candidacy. The steady drumbeat questioning the Biden candidacy since his disastrous debate performance just over three weeks ago made Sunday’s announcement...
Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race on Sunday only affirms what we’ve known, despite media running interference for him for years, about his incapacity and inability to handle the rigors of another presidential election campaign. The American people saw it clearly. That’s why they prefer President Trump’s reelection by overwhelming margins. For months, members...
I know what racism looks like. I saw it during my childhood in the Jim Crow South. I have also experienced the gift of growing up in a remarkable community that never let circumstances stand in the way of a dream. I was raised by educators who taught me that success was possible; I just...
I’ve been acutely aware of the possibility of President Biden dropping out of the 2024 race since the debate at the end of June. I was still on maternity leave, but it was about all my friends could talk about. “What do you think he’s going to do?” they asked. “Do we like Kamala, now?”...
