Same old same old
Politics is less bedeviled by the age of the parties’ leaders than by the staleness of the parties’ programs
Politics
Read about the latest political news, views and analysis
Sunday
Friday
Obama’s disappearing legacy
What exactly did he achieve?
Predictions of Trump’s demise may yet again be premature
It’s actually surprising Trump isn’t farther behind Biden in the polls
Thursday
The Economist should be more like Walt Whitman
The paper’s election modeling betrays an undercurrent of anxiety
Wednesday
Gretchen Whitmer’s white fragility
The Michigan governor is mandating implicit bias training for healthcare workers during a pandemic. Why?
Tuesday
Biden’s comms director doesn’t hate women — but he does suck at his job
What would you expect from a Director of Strategic Communications?
The crumbling lawsuit against Fox News
The latest claims against the network are riddled with basic factual errors
Trump shouldn’t wear a mask
He ought to be taking a stand on this issue
What will Biden do?
Prepare for four more years of executive disappointment
Monday
Hell in Portland
Weeks of government-sanctioned mayhem in the Rose City
Where can patriotic Americans find America?
It is hard to identify safe spaces for those of us on the American right
Friday
Will black voters abandon the Democrats in 2024?
Biden is struggling with black men and younger black voters
Trump has been right about China for years
More and more people are awakening to the minatory reality that is China
Thursday
How will Biden pick his VP?
Biden’s choice may reflect his confidence in winning come November
Virtual insanity
A socially distanced convention suits the Democrats’ doddery candidate
Wednesday
Stepien the right direction?
Insiders cautiously optimistic about campaign shakeup
Andrew Cuomo’s Midsommar
The media is showing cultish devotion in its coverage of his bizarre COVID poster
Sorry Twitter, Susan Collins can win
Democrats underestimate the senator for Maine at their peril
Why Jeff Sessions lost
He was defeated by the new cyborg that is the Republican party — half-Trump, half-GOP machine of old
