Every citizen charged with a crime is entitled to a jury of his/her peers to determine guilt. Innocence is presumed. Every military member charged with a crime is entitled to a jury, only not of his peers. Certain other rules peculiar…
Category: Republican Party Establishment
Will Either Party Survive 2020?
Long before Donald Trump emerged, in 2013 I asked if the original Republican brand would survive where the GOP seemed to be going. That question has been answered. Happily at this juncture it no longer matters if the “corporate” Grand…
“Crook” or “Liar”, Which Matters More to Voters?
The game here is to define the Democratic candidates with a single word, then sell that word to the approximately 30% of voters who still might be swayed. I’ll only discuss two right now, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren—first because…
Can Donald Trump take Big Money out of Politics?
#NeverTrumpers come in all sizes and shapes, but at the top of that pyramid isn’t George Will because his reserved seat around the Washington Post’s Members-Only swimming pool isn’t as glamorous as it once was. The kings of Trump-haters have been the Karl Rove…
Republicans Do Too Love America
Just not first. The Founders were all wealthy men by the standards of the day. But they were neither wealthy nor powerful by the standards of the peerage class, the aristocracy, which arrived by appointments from the King once the American colonies…