Charles Lipson is the Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of Chicago, where he founded the programme on International Politics, Economics, and Security.
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The lengthy interview between Donald Trump and Elon Musk on X last night began 40 minutes late, a technical glitch much of the media celebrated with unrestrained joy. They hate, hate, hate Elon Musk (despite his electric vehicles) – and they hate a media rival. They hate his transformation of Twitter, now X, into an open forum
Let’s hope they agree to more — and focus on their stark policy differences
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Joe Biden delivered a eulogy for his presidency and his political career from the Oval Office Wednesday evening. It was a sad, sluggish ending to a life in politics, decades in the Senate, two terms as vice president, and finally a single term as president. President Biden needed to accomplish three things in the speech: explain
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After weeks of pressure from Democratic party insiders, Joe Biden has finally said he won’t seek re-election. ‘I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term,’ he said in a one-page letter, offering his ‘full support and endorsement for
Trump’s main goal is to build a MAGA coalition that dominates the party in 2028 and beyond
Observers could finally see — and call out — what the Biden team and the mainstream press knew for months but refused to say
Their follow-up a on the Clooney fundraiser tells the true story of what donors saw
How his response and the bureaucracy’s failure paved his path to November
Given the vice president’s defects, why are leading Democrats and their media allies pushing so hard for Joe to leave?
Much worse. Like it has been for the last week
His apparent decision to stay in the race is a national tragedy and a palpable danger
The hard choices facing Biden, his party and the country
Every sentient Democrat should be in full-scale panic
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These weren’t the Lincoln-Douglas debates. They weren’t Kennedy-Nixon. If those were graded ‘A’, then this was ‘C-minus’, at best. Both candidates filled the air with hyperbole. Trump led the way, as usual, calling everything he did ‘the best ever’, and everything Biden did ‘the worst’. He doesn’t favour shades of grey. The President looked dreadful
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Freddy Gray speaks to academic and Spectator writer Charles Lipson about what to expect from tonight’s Presidential debates and whether Trump or Biden’s performance could influence the election.
It’s not just a matter of one man or one trial. It is a split about the country’s direction
His best shot at winning is, ironically, that he was convicted under an unconstitutional law restricting gun purchases
The orders are meant to solve a serious problem at the ballot box
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The indictment and trial on a thin charge, the gagging of a presidential candidate in the middle of a campaign, and the judge’s consistently biased rulings amount to deliberate judicial interference in the 2024 election. The process was led by a Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, who ran on the campaign platform of going after
The long march through the institutions has reached a familiar target: the Jews
