Clik here to view.
2016: The Year Latinos Saved America?
Jon Ralston on TwitterTwo of my long-time, politically well-experienced friends have been in Nevada recently, doing get-out-the-vote work. Independently, each has just sent me a note saying that their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Future of Mr. Comey
With his ill-advised intrusions into this year’s election, FBI Director James Comey has already damaged U.S. interests and the fabric of American democracy more grievously than Hillary Clinton’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘A Disturbing Series of Events’: the Comey Aftermath
Gary Cameron / ReutersTen days ago I argued that FBI Director James Comey had changed the dynamics of the 2016 election in an irreversible way, with his announcement of a new trove of potentially...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How I'd Vote, If I Lived In ...
A for-the-record personal-preference note on election eve.Yes for Aguilar. If I lived in my original hometown of Redlands, California, tomorrow I would vote to give the city’s former mayor, Pete...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Not Dodge? Why Not Stockton?
I mentioned yesterday that several local initiatives could mean as much to their communities or states as the outcome of most national races. The two historical examples I naturally think of are from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
First Thoughts on the Election
Most of what I think about last night’s results I discussed in a long talk early this morning with Terry Gross, which will be on the Fresh Air this afternoon. The embed for our discussion just went...
View ArticleClik here to view.
After the Election: ‘What a Pathetic Thing Is Decadence’
Across the generations: Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States, exemplar of the personal qualities, civic outlook, and record of service that were ideal goals for one era of Republican...
View ArticleClik here to view.
China’s Great Leap Backward
What if China is going bad? Since early last year I have been asking people inside and outside China versions of this question. By “bad” I don’t mean morally. Moral and ethical factors obviously matter...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Video for the New Age
As a study of oratorical styles, this is genuinely worth watching, even if you don't understand a word of Italian. Spend even 30 or 40 seconds and you will see what I mean. Or for a highlight skip to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On the Future of the Time Capsules
Back in May, I kicked off a Trump Time Capsule series, designed to note what we knew, when we knew it, about the man who was trying to become president. Earlier this month, just before the election, I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How the Vote Broke, in Historical Perspective
The projected count for the electoral college in 2016 via WikimediaFrom the inbox, an engineer who is directly involved in the technology for tabulating votes in a number of states sends this report on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Missing Thanksgiving Day
When you are an American living overseas, Thanksgiving is an even more powerful nationally unifying holiday than the Fourth of July. All the Americans know something special is going on; for everyone...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Action at the Local Level, DC Edition
As I mentioned yesterday in another Erie, Pa. note, I’ll try to send out some reports on still-functional local-level activities around the country. This one is an update on the D.C.-area campaign to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Deal With the Lies of Donald Trump: Guidelines for the Media
The WashingtonPost on November 27. Headlines like this are a step toward recognizing the plain reality of today’s politics.A man who will literally have life and death power over much of humanity seems...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A More Detailed Guide to Dealing With Trump's Lies
I have seen this portrait, at Mar a Lago, with my own eyes, and took this photo. (It was years ago, during an entirely non-Trump-related event that happened to be held there.)Yesterday from China, I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘There’s No Such Thing Anymore, Unfortunately, as Facts’
This morning, straight off the plane from Shanghai, I was on The Diane Rehm Show with Margaret Sullivan, much-missed former Public Editor of the NYT who is now with the WaPo, and Glenn Thrush of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dear Mr. Obama: You Are Still the President
U.S. President Barack Obama holds a news conference in a packed White House press briefing room on November 14, 2016. (Jonathan Ernst / Reuters)In the four weeks since the election, which seem like...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Despair and Hope in Trump’s America
I have been alive for a long time. I remember the assassination of John F. Kennedy, when I was a 10th-grader, and then watching with my family through the grim following days as newscasters said that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Landslide Donald
Kellyanne Conway, on Donald Trump’s “blowout” winAs I mentioned in this post in late November, and in this followup, and also in a discussion with Diane Rehm on her new podcast series yesterday, Donald...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Which Department Should Rick Perry Head? The Answer Will Come to You.
I have a soft spot for Rick Perry, finding his aw-shucks demeanor more natural-seeming than most politicians’. I can even remember the time, in the summer and fall of 2011, when Perry seemed the...
View Article