To govern is to choose, and for presidents choices are almost always untidy, inconvenient, and fraught. But that鈥檚 what president do: their job is to protect America, and Americans.They frequently do so reluctantly, weighing personal political costs against the national interest. And ...
The Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris could learn a thing or two from the Republican ticket of Donald Trump and Mike Pence.Last week, the vice president campaigned in Beaver and Westmoreland counties, talking with supporters and generally laying the groundwork for what ...
You don鈥檛 have to be president or a leader of Congress, a governor, or the mayor of a large city to speak to the nation鈥檚 needs right now, to give voice to our highest and best aspirations as a nation and as individuals.And as President Trump demonstrates almost daily, being in a position ...
More and more 2020 is resembling 1968, a year of war, riots, and political divisions so extreme it seemed at times that the country could not survive.Like 1968, 2020 is drenched in blood and bewilderment.Of course, the particulars are different.March 1968 started with the assassination of ...
Our major party conventions aren鈥檛 what they used to be. That much was evident at last week鈥檚 covid-19-shaped virtual gathering of Democrats.From the goose-bump-raising presentation of the Star Spangled Banner at its opening and the travel-wishful roll call of the states on Tuesday to vivid ...
We all know people who don鈥檛 vote. People who say their one vote won鈥檛 count for much - a spritz of water in an ocean of votes, a crumb, if you will.And we all know people who say they don鈥檛 vote because Democratic and Republican politicians are the same: they鈥檙e all crooks, they鈥檙e ...