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Trump, Jackson and the U.S. future

In November 1832, a convention of South Carolina political activists approved a measure whereby the state might reject any law passed by the Congress in Washington.The activists’ immediate concern was the high protection tariff Congress had imposed four years earlier. The tariff, which ...

Now the fight begins

Last Tuesday, a native New Yorker, whoÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ also the head of state of a world power, was handed a big setback.I’m talking about Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, better known as just Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who was nearly defanged politically by the British ...

Elizabeth Warren, the practical one

If Democrats want to nominate someone for president who knows the ins and outs of government and is adept at political maneuver, they might very well choose, not former vice president Joe Biden, the Mr. Put-It-Together of the Obama administration, but Elizabeth Warren, the liberal fire-brand ...

Trump: ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ always about me!

Much of the country stopped last week, with the news that venerable journalist Cokie Roberts had died at the age of 75.She’d been a highly respected veteran at National Public Radio, PBS and ABC News, as well as a best-selling author.It wasn’t surprising that even former presidents Obama ...

Dems have impeachment dilemma

Democrats, you have a problem.On Tuesday, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee opened an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump.Brushing aside weeks of obfuscation, the committee chairman, Jerry Nadler, laid it on the line. His committee, he said, has set out on a course that may — just ...

Our president shows how heartless he is

So, itÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ come to this.The President of the United States of America engages in cruelty to scare up votes.First, Hurricane Dorian roared through the Bahamas, leaving chaos in its wake.Now Donald Trump has stripped the victims of that chaos of their dignity.I’m writing this angry.I hope it ...