From one of my heroes, Diane Ravitch: The Iowa poll conducted by pollster Ann Seltzer, published in the Des Moines Register, is considered one of the best in the country. When it was released, it shocked everyone following the election closely. It found that Kamala Harris was leading Trump by 47%-44% in deep-red Iowa. That’s … [Read more…]
The Washington Post published an article titled “This is a great economy ” earlier this month. Why can’t we celebrate it?” The article starts with the following paragraph. “By just about every measure, the U.S. economy is in good shape. Growth is strong. Unemployment is low. Inflation is back down. More important, many Americans are getting sizable pay … [Read more…]
Remarkably, the media keeps finding ways to favor Trump. Yes, they sane wash Trump’s inexplicable ramblings. And yes, they fail to note many of his outrageous lies. But they have continued their pattern of going further. They are acting more favorably towards Trump than his Democrat opponent, just as they did in 2016 when it … [Read more…]
I remain opposed to debates between candidates for high office, especially president and vice-president. The primary reason is that debates are seriously inappropriate for determining whether a person should be president or vice president. They do not reveal much about what a person in either of those jobs does every day. I have thought so … [Read more…]
Today, college athletes nationwide can earn money from NIL (name, image, and likeness) deals, like professional athletes. They have an African American former power forward, Edward Charles O’Bannon, to thank for it. O’Bannon had a storied basketball career. A native of Los Angeles, he was a McDonald’s All-American high school basketball player, and he was … [Read more…]
This is the most important election in our lifetime, a point often made; however, it remains true. If Trump wins the presidency, we will move headlong into an authoritarian form of government. An authoritarian type of government exercises most or total power over the government and society. It suspends elections and civil liberties. You have … [Read more…]
I have long complained about how the press has treated Donald Trump with kid gloves while badgering President Biden and his press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre. They tend not to ask Trump clarifying questions while overdoing it in the case of Biden and his press secretary. Sometimes, the press attempts to clarify Trump’s incoherent pronouncements themselves. … [Read more…]
“The cascade of election coverage, commentary, and speculation about how Donald Trump might use the power of the presidency to retaliate against his perceived political enemies has overlooked important context: Trump has done just that while he was president, at least a dozen times.” That is the opening statement by Adam Klasfeld and Ryan Goodman … [Read more…]
I could not contain my short list of President Donald Trump’s damage to American democracy and the rule of law in a single short article. So I include more instances here. Trump has damaged the Supreme Court. Long before the recent stacking of the Supreme Court by Trump and the Republicans, Trump pushed the Right-Wing … [Read more…]
Many people’s objective in the current presidential election is to ensure that Donald Trump does not get re-elected. Rightfully, they are extremely concerned about what damage Trump and his allies will do to the country, including, of course, abandoning American democracy. Trump has already harmed the country. I will call attention here to some of … [Read more…]