One of the first freakouts the right engineered after Barack Obama became president occurred only one week after he took office in 2009. They managed to win a full article in the New York Times dedicated largely to the fact…
Category: Administration
What a President Pence Could Learn from FDR
Back in April, when the BBC talked to Thomas Homer-Dixon, chair of global systems at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Canada, about the prospects for the collapse of Western Civilization, they were told that things do not…
The Collusion Case Comes into Focus
I should have known that when the evidence began to come to light, it would reveal a second-rate operation. The most prized witness here is dead but presumably he didn’t take his electronic records with him. The FBI is going…
Why Does Sean Spicer Hang On?
I don’t know how Sean Spicer lives with himself. I don’t know how he gets out of bed in the morning and gets dressed for work. I mean, how would you feel reading stuff like this about you in the…
The Collusion Case Reaches Trump’s Doorstep
So far, I’ve been focused on the successful hacking that the Russians did during the presidential campaign and haven’t focused much on the request Donald Trump made on July 27th, 2016 that Russia find the 33,000 emails that Hillary Clinton…
How Trump Lost His Natural Congressional Power Bloc
I was admittedly stunned when Donald Trump won the presidency on Election Day, but by November 17th I had recovered enough to begin making an effort to see into the future. I began by looking at how the House Freedom…
And Now the Trump Presidency Begins to Fail for Real
Reading the New York Times last night and this morning, I felt like I had been plagiarized. It seems that what was once a lonely voice is rapidly becoming common wisdom. It’s been a recurring theme of my analysis for…
No One Answers Trump’s Help Wanted Sign
How do you know that the Trump administration can’t find many qualified people to work for them? “I have people knocking down my door to talk to the presidential personnel office,” said White House press secretary Sean Spicer. “There is…
The Republicans Have No Workable Plan for the Debt Ceiling
The Washington Post headline is direct enough: White House without a plan to address debt ceiling. The debt ceiling may be far from the sexiest news item available to write about right now, but it’s important enough that it should…
How to Get Out of an Unholy Alliance
I am trying to think of some political alliances that haven’t worked out so well. Here are a few that come to mind: The Sauds’ decision to team up with Wahhabi preachers gave them legitimacy and made it possible for…