Word is out that the GOP candidates are sending out signals to put on their own debate. It seems that while Reince Preibus is fed up with NBC, the leading candidates are fed up with Reince Preibus, which, if you stop to…
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Will the GOP go “Democrat” on the Republican Outsiders in the Primaries?
In the past I had put on my old Commie cap to imagine what the Democrats under Obama would do next. Today, it’s more complicated, as now I have to try and imagine what a desperate, back-against-the-wall Republican Establishment will…
GOP Candidates and the Presidential Gut-Check
In 1966, I worked one summer with an upperclassman from Princeton at a camp for rich kids. (That’s where I learned to cuss.) His family was friends with other New Englanders who had known the Kennedys, and JFK had only been…
Nothing Less Than a Reformation Will Do
The Invisible Hand If you believe that America was created by an Invisible Hand, then logic requires you to also believe that America was also created for a purpose. Nowadays few of us really pause to think about what this purpose might be. While we may…
Donald Trump and the Common Man
I’ve written about this in other contexts over the past few years, but it’s time for another update considering the unexpected popularity of Donald Trump with segments of American society no one would have dreamed he could reach out to, or…