THE DEBT LIMIT: WHY THOSE ELECTED FROM THE POOREST STATES DECIDEThe Biden administration finds itself in an embarrassing situation. The President has been forced to rush back from a really important G7…May 23, 2023May 23, 2023
WHY THE PARTIES NEED REFORMWe live in a world in which the candidate choices for both great American political parties are controlled by a minority of their…May 13, 2023May 13, 2023
WHY ELECTIONS ARE REALLY WONYou are Joseph Biden. You want to run for a second term. You do have a problem. You are eighty years old. By the end of that second term…May 3, 2023May 3, 2023
THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF PARTY FAILUREBack at it after a break: We face an unusual presidential campaign and election in 2024. Unusual, because many voters in both parties seem…Apr 30, 2023Apr 30, 2023
WHY THE HOUSE IS DIVIDEDHere is a problem: Roughly forty of the two hundred and twenty two Republicans in the current House owe their election to people motivated…Jan 26, 2023Jan 26, 2023
THE GREAT REPUBLICAN DILEMMAThe midterms are over and we should not have been surprised at the outcome. Typically in this country in the first election after a new…Jan 18, 2023Jan 18, 2023
THE FRAMERS’ NIGHTMARELet us remember that the framers of the Constitution had a terrible fear of democracy as they understood it, one in which all male voters…Jan 12, 2023Jan 12, 2023
THE SPEAKERSHIP: WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN NOW!It is Wednesday afternoon January fourth and the House has just held its sixth vote to elect a new speaker. The results have been…Jan 5, 2023Jan 5, 2023
TOMORROW IT BEGINSTomorrow it begins! The Republicans, having won a slim majority in the House, are going to try to get down to business. Until now the newly…Jan 3, 2023Jan 3, 2023