2024

Decades ago, there was a major ad campaign for New Coke. The problem was that people hated it and the campaign became one of the greatest flops in advertising history. Today’s 81-year-old president looks a lot like New Coke. Biden is…

On May 7, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon postponed former President Donald Trump’s classified documents trial after explosive information dropped late Friday afternoon. Several new pieces of evidence indicate it’s even possible federal…

We’re getting close to the party conventions, and within just the past week we’ve seen three flagrant examples of the exact opposite of what Republicans hoping to be Donald Trump’s running mate should be doing. I’m not sure what Republicans…

Special Counsel Jack Smith admitted federal prosecutors tampered with evidence in his criminal case alleging former President Donald Trump mishandled classified documents. According to a Friday court filing, prosecutors said documents the…

Election administration is like industrial food production. The average person doesn’t really know — or care to know — how the sausage gets made, but he cares very much the moment it smells fishy. A Morning Consult poll commissioned by the…

As the world’s oldest continually functioning constitutional republic, few things are unprecedented in American politics. Even the pending rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, while a first within recent memory, has happened several…

A complaint I hear increasingly leveled at contemporary American politicians is that they are out of touch with voters, if not downright contemptuous of them. On a number of core issues, politicians seem less concerned with pursuing…

This week, 10 major broadcast outlets as well as USA Today and the Associated Press signed a joint letter urging both President Joe Biden and his GOP challenger, former President Donald Trump, to debate each other. Though none of the…

The current presidential debate format is absurd. It’s time to return to 1858. First, the nationally televised forums are organized by the Commission on Presidential Debates, a supposedly non-partisan group tasked with platforming the…

A recent Gallup poll showed Democrats’ lead over Republicans with black voters “has shrunk by nearly 20 points over the past three years,” and their lead among Hispanics has dropped “nearly as much.” Gallup found that 66…