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OP-ED: An old Joe Biden foe is back — the enthusiasm gap

Every presidential campaign raises nagging questions of various sorts.With the 2024 election barely more than a year away, one overarching question haunts Democrats: Why the heck isn’t President Joe Biden doing better in the polls?The fear and the hand-wringing from my friends and colleagues ...

OP-ED: The left’s tiki torch brigade

ItĢƵ been a disquieting time for well-meaning liberals who have been suddenly confronted with the realization that their own side is rife with fanatics and haters.The explosion of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish feeling on campuses and the streets after Oct. 7 has shaken left-of-center people who ...

Ballad of the Falling Leaves

“The falling leaves drift by the window. The autumn leaves of red and gold”…<em>"The Autumn Leaves" – 1945 – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer</em>As I write this, I’m sitting near a large sliding glass door, leading to our backyard.Out there, I don’t see any ...

Warding off the danger to democracy

Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke often about the importance of history in the context of securing AmericanĢƵ democratic future.Just months before the U.S. entered World War II in 1941, at the dedication of the presidential library that bears his name at his home in Hyde Park, N.Y., FDR said, “A ...