by Tim Donner | Feb 22, 2020 | Articles, Election 2020, Politics
The silky smooth tongue of Pete Buttigieg at the latest – and most devastatingly divisive – debate of the 2020 election calendar perfectly described the Democrats’ newest and most urgent dilemma in their quest to take down President Trump. After openly admitting that...
by Joe Schaeffer | Feb 22, 2020 | Articles, Election 2020, Politics
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg took the stage for his first Democratic Party presidential primary debate in Las Vegas on Feb. 19, and a desperate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) immediately welcomed him with a Megyn Kelly moment. In the same spirit as the...
by Joe Schaeffer | Jan 8, 2020 | Articles, Politics
He’s making gaffes, and he’s repeatedly awkward and even confused. And he’s piling up Democratic endorsements. Joe Biden’s “selected not elected” presidential campaign is a defiant pose against the current prevailing political winds...
by Mark Angelides | Jan 1, 2020 | Articles, Politics, Social Issues
As diarist and theatre critic James Agate once wrote, “New Year’s Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.” Wise words, indeed. We embark upon another year, often with a list of goals to spur us...
by Leesa K. Donner | Nov 26, 2019 | Articles, Media, Politics
So, what’s the problem with running for president when one owns a media empire? Michael Bloomberg is about to find out. Oops, I mean Mike, as in “I Like Mike.” Either way, it seems Bloomberg’s guild of journalists does not like Mike. At all. A media controversy is...