November 10, 2020
The Corrupt Bargain
In 1824, Andrew Jackson won more votes for president than any of the other candidates running against him, including John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay. But he didn’t win enough electoral votes to win the presidency and the election was...
October 27, 2020
The Best and the Brightest
The best and the brightest all say that the election is in the bag. Joe Biden will be the next president. If they are right, and they might be, it would be the first time. David Halberstam wrote about the best and...
October 13, 2020
NUIRC Asks Congress to Help Non-Profits Before It Is Too Late
(Washington DC) The Nonprofit U.I. Relief Coalition today released a statement calling on Congress to get back to work and help nonprofits around the country to get back on their feet. Citing a study from the Johns Hopkins...
October 12, 2020
It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
“Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?” So asked the immortal John Bluto Blutarsky in “Animal House,” a movie which could never be made today. That is the question that nervous Republicans pundits, like me, are asking themselves...
October 6, 2020
Kamala and Columbus
Mike Pence should ask Kamala Harris where she stands on Columbus Day. Benjamin Harrison declared the first official Columbus Day in the United States, after a mob of bigots murdered 11 Italians in New Orleans. Harrison faced intense...
October 1, 2020
My Deep Thoughts About the Debate
I don’t trust my own reactions to Presidential debates. I thought Donald Trump lost every debate in 2016, primary and general, and yet he was able to somehow find himself taking the oath of office from the West...