The January 6 insurrection on the US Capital can only be compared in severity with the 1814 British burning of the White House. The aggravation of the rivalry between Democrats and Republicans represents an existential threat to US democracy.
If the Trump years resembled a professional wrestling match, the Biden years are looking like a baseball blooper reel.
Could a post-pandemic America face an even more infectious strain of Trumpism — call it T.2?
By mislabeling the radical members of the Republican Party "conservative," the mainstream media gives them a veneer of respectability.
White guys on their trains to nowhere and their Republican cohorts are now determined to thwart any Biden administration effort to govern, says Larry Beck.
America’s way forward cannot depend on either the cooperation or the acquiescence of Republicans.
After obediently sticking to the script that the Republican Party had her play for more than a decade, Mary Elizabeth Taylor’s decision to quit may prove historically significant.
The combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and a presidential election has seriously exacerbated the level of irrationality in US relations with China — and things are likely to get worse.
Just as Trump promised to make Mexico pay for his wall, Republicans want to get China to pay for the cost to Americans of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donald Trump’s impeachment drama leads to an implicit debate on what is worse: lies or hypocrisy.
Whether it’s Medicare for all or impeachment of a corrupt president, moderate Democrats focus exclusively on what’s important: getting reelected.
Cradled in the midst of all that is wrong with Trump and his silent and venal Republican accomplices is a sea of hypocrisy.
