Author’s note: as I repost this for Real Context News as Trump enters the third year of his presidency, we are in midst of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, one lasting already over a month. My below analysis is still deeply relevant, sadly: Trump began his first and now second anniversaries of taking office mired self-inflicted shutdowns. ***** Though I originally published this article in the…
Trump’s Jerusalem declaration a mere six days before Alabama’s special U.S. Senate election may have had more to do with…
And what would that mean going forward? Some hard choices, necessary changes, and a reckoning. Originally published on LinkedIn Pulse…
Though originally published in the fall of 2013, my piece on how partisan redistricting gerrymandering was the root cause for…
Today’s hearing was historic, but not nearly as big a deal as it was hyped up to be, at least…
Trump’s removal of James Comey was a blatantly transparent attempt to protect himself from Comey’s active investigation of his team’s…
Trump is still a danger to America and the world. But if he exercises American power in a way that will…
The Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) conducted another interview with me (see previous one here) a few weeks ago about…
For Many white Americans, a candidate of color who stays away from focusing on racial issues or from pushing whites…
Author’s note: sure, I was wrong, but I was closer than most and every state I did call I called…
FBI Director James Comey’s decision to comment on a new development in the Clinton e-mail server investigation—one which has not…
Trump’s flirtatious waltz with hints and threats of political violence cannot be ignored and should not be underestimated. Apart from…
Anyone looking for reassurance from that vice-presidential debate, especially after seeing Trump in two debates, would still have seen one…
Author’s note: even before Trump won, it was clear that America was damaged and in trouble, that certain trends that…
Author’s note: as Trump’s presidency unfolds into its third year, the idea that Trumpism really is little more than banal…