Pete Buttigieg won the Iowa caucuses. Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary. Somebody else is going to win the South Carolina. Are the Democrats in disarray? No. The primary system is working as it was meant to. We just haven’t seen a primary season with no front-runner in a while, so Democrats and the […]
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Ending The Draft Helped Create The Horror Of Endless War
“Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it,” wrote author W.W. Jacobs in the classic horror story The Monkey’s Paw in 1902. Nearly 50 years after military conscription, or the draft, ended in the United States in 1973, we can see that that admonition is a salient one. Opponents of the draft got […]
India Sanctions in Shadows in Trade War Expansion
Despite cordial appearances, the trade war between India and the U.S. continues. Trump Trade War Against China Gets Scrutiny President Donald Trump’s trade war with the People’s Republic of China has received much scrutiny from economists, pundits, and the media. After all, China is the world’s second largest economy in terms of Gross Domestic Product […]
Marianne Williamson Looking To Make 2020 ‘Do-Over’ Election Like 1980
Marianne Williamson is betting on a White House win by taking a page from recent election history. Find out why her odds are so good to win in 2020… [Read Post]
Will GOP Nominate A Businessman For President? They’ve Done It Before
Some say that it’s not Donald Trump’s bluster and bravado that will keep him from the Republican nomination for President–it’s that he never has held elective office before. However, if the GOP nominates a businessman who is a political rookie for President, it won’t be the first time. In 1940, the GOP thought a businessman […]
Trump Like Reagan: That’s Why He Can Win GOP Nomination
The Republican establishment doesn’t want him as a Presidential candidate. A former Democrat, he admires a Democratic president Republicans love to hate. He has a penchant for making controversial statements. He does what he wants and doesn’t play by the established political rules. Yet every time the mainstream media tolls the death knell for his […]
Best Of Times For Both Ends Of Political Spectrum
Some liberals, progressives, and Democrats are in despair because in November, conservatives not only took Congress, but a majority of statehouses as well. Yet some conservatives, Republicans, and Tea Partiers are in despair because Democrat Barack Obama still is in the White House issuing executive orders and vetoing Republican legislation, and because Democrat Hillary Clinton […]