2020-06-01 11:43:23 {widget1} The intense and careening 2020 news cycle is reshuffling the prospects of the top contenders to become Joe Biden’s running mate so quickly that the shifting headlines have become…
Category: Politics
A Week When Social Media Showed Its True Face
2020-05-31 19:18:57 {widget1} Last week Silicon Valley reminded the world just how much control it now wields over the national discourse. On Tuesday, Twitter apologized for one presidential tweet and labeled two…
99.9% of Police Officers Are Heroes Doing The Toughest Jobs
2020-05-31 19:59:39 {widget1} White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien told CNN and ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that there is no “systemic racism” in the U.S. police forces but “there are…
How Coronavirus Could Help Heal Our Democracy
2020-05-31 11:46:49 {widget1} A global pandemic presents the ultimate test of government’s most basic function: to solve large, collective problems and safeguard our society. The United States failed that test in…
Washington Must End China's Fraud on Our Markets
2020-05-30 12:56:19 {widget1} As China’s great power competition with America intensifies, financial markets have become a frontline battleground. Anyone who denies the Chinese Communist Party is using deception as statecraft in this…
'The Full Faith & Credit of the United States'–Our Greatest Asset
2020-05-30 12:40:27 {widget1} Curious about how the COVID-19 economic crisis is impacting the U.S. Debt Clock’s rapidly ticking numbers, I clicked, looked, and gasped out loud. (Note: All Debt Clock numbers cited…
Sidelined Watchdog Had Rocky Tenure at Pentagon
2020-05-29 19:58:54 {widget1} Sen. Chuck Grassley, a longtime champion of whistleblowers and congressional oversight, has joined Democrats in criticizing President Trump’s firing of several inspectors general, that cadre of internal agency watchdogs…
Twitter, Mail-In Voting and How Not to 'Fact-Check'
2020-05-29 18:56:36 {widget1} For years, Twitter resisted calls to censor President Trump or even take down his entire account. Then the leader of the free world, over a period of days, tweeted…
'I Can't Breathe': Reckoning With Our Racial Atmosphere
2020-05-29 12:41:15 {widget1} “Please. Please. I can’t breathe.” Those are the haunting words of George Floyd, an African American man who begged for his life while handcuffed and pinned to the ground…
U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Is Inflated
2020-05-29 11:19:16 {widget1} The latest Centers for Disease Control data show that the COVID-19 fatality rate is 0.26% — four times higher than the worst rate for the seasonal flu over the past decade. That is…