When a Republican president replaces a Democratic president, you expect a drastic shift in how America’s antitrust laws are enforced. Specifically, you expect Republicans to be more lax about enforcing them. America’s stable of antitrust laws sprang from the monopolistic abuses of the la[...]
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Should Biden pardon everyone on Trump’s “enemies list”?
The Atlantic thinks so; their headline says, “Pardon Trump’s Critics Now” (see story here), arguing Biden has a moral obligation to do so. However, I can think of reasons why he shouldn’t. First and foremost, people who haven’t committed crimes don’t need pardons,[...]
PHOTOGRAPHY: Enjoy this picture while you can
Having Biden as president was comforting. He led us out of the pandemic in a sensible manner, his handling of foreign affairs was wise, his infrastructure bill addressed long-neglected repairs and upgrades to the sinews of America’s economy. His leadership style was compassionate and upbeat, a[...]
Biden’s gift to Trump
When Trump left office in 2021, he bequeathed Biden a nation mired in a deadly pandemic, which he had managed poorly. Biden led America out of it, and to an economic recovery featuring full employment, rising wages, expanded worker rights, and near-normal inflation. Voters punished his stand-in, H[...]
Will Hunter Biden be pardoned?
As the Biden administration winds down, many people will start wondering if the president’s son, convicted of multiple felonies, will escape prison time by being let off the hook. Not necessarily by who you think, though. Biden has publicly said he won’t pardon his son (see story here). [...]
October 21st, 2024 - 8:04 pm § in America, Biden, Christianity, Democrats, Donald Trump, Law and Courts, Politics, Racism, Republicans, Schools & Colleges
The tides of political change
Tides flow and ebb, and so does America’s political center. From 1980 to 2005, the progressive left “was mostly irrelevant to national politics,” a Vox article says (here). “The Cold War was over, and capitalism reigned ascendant.” The parties shifted — the GOP to[...]
Why nobody listens to Sen. Lindsey Graham
Like many Republican politicians, Graham once condemned Trump, but now is a fawning sycophant. In this media interview, he loses his cool and descends into shouting and silliness. Liz Cheney says “don’t listen to Lindsey Graham,” calling ignoring him “good life advice.”[...]
Conspiracy mongers dust off sexual assault playbook against Walz
Sexual assault is a real thing, and sexual scandals have brought down many celebrities and powerful men. Perhaps the most infamous of these are financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died in prison, and Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, now languishing in prison. Donald Trump, who bragged that women allow f[...]
Biden sternly rebukes Trump
Every election is a battle for the soul of America. Trump has painted a dystopian picture of our nation, portraying it as a hellscape of crime and a nation of losers. That may resonate with some folks, but the man who defeated Trump in the 2020 election isn’t buying any of it, nor hopping on [[...]
J. D. Vance’s word games
Sen. J. D. Vance (R-OH), depicted at left, is a Yale-educated lawyer and published writer who’s very good at manipulating the English language to make it look like he’s not lying when he is. Campaigning for Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday, October 12, 2024, Vance called Biden’s inaug[...]