What Would Putin Want?
I have not been posting much this year. Every time Trump, or members of his administration, take some bizarre position, they either reverse directions in a day or two or advance some even more bizarre position a day later that diverts my attention. Sometimes, I think he seems evil. At other times, I think he…
Trump 2.0: Cabinet Appointments
Three Highly Controversial Nominations At first, some of Trump’s proposed cabinet appointments seemed plausible; Marco Rubio for State, and Elise Stefanik for the United Nations. I have reservations about both of these appointments based on their weakness on American support for Ukraine, but that is part of Trump’s world view so we had to expect…
Trump 2.0: Foreign Policy
Trump and Foreign Policy There is no area of Trump’s second term in office that worries me more than his impact on U.S. foreign policy. Trump’s tag line on this is “America First.” It is not clear at all that this tag line really helps explain his positions, since in my view many of them…
Trump 2.0: Inflation
Trump Economic Proposals during 2024 Donald Trump has proposed a wide range of economic policies during his quest to be re-elected. It is hard to know which of these to take seriously and which were just campaign rhetoric. (The same could also be said for Kamala Harris.) For now, I think we need to assume…
Post Mortem on the 2024 Elections
What Happened and Why? Donald Trump is a widely unpopular and flawed Presidential candidate. He just won re-election despite his offensive rhetoric, criminal convictions, and condemnations from many senior officials who had served with him during his first term. He won not just the Electoral College, by a substantial margin, but for the first time,…
Endorsement for U.S. Senate in 2024: New Mexico
Martin Heinrich (D) vs. Nella Domenici (R) New Mexico poses a problem for Republican candidates. No Republican has represented New Mexico since Pete Domenici retired in 2009. As we all know, that was a different Republican Party. But then again, the Democratic Party has changed a lot since then, too. Nella Domenici is Pete Domenici’s…
Endorsement for U.S. Senate in 2024: Michigan
Elissa Slotkin (D) vs. Mike Rogers (R) This Senate seat from Michigan is open as a result of Debbie Stabenow’s (D) retirement. Elissa Slotkin is a former CIA analyst and Pentagon official and a three-term Congresswoman. Rogers is a former FBI agent and seven-term Congressman. Abortion Rogers is solidly anti-abortion, but has pledged that he…
Endorsement for U.S. Senate in 2024: Connecticut
Christopher Murphy vs. Matt Corey Murphy is a consistent ally of Elizabeth Warren and a predictably left-wing Democrat. If the Republicans could dig into their past and nominate someone in the tradition of Lowell Weicker (the Republican Senator from Connecticut from 1971 till 1989) they could probably retake this seat. Sadly, the Republican candidate in…
Endorsement for U.S. Senate in 2024: Pennsylvania
Robert Casey (D) vs. David McCormick (R) Abortion Apparently, Bob Casey used to represent himself as a pro-life Democrat. He now favors legislatively re-establishing the rights guaranteed under Roe v. Wade nationally. McCormick favors the states’ rights approach. There may be some constitutional issues associated with national legislation on abortion, but I believe there are…
Endorsement for U.S. Senate in 2024: New Jersey
Curtis Bashaw (R) vs. Andy Kim (D) This is a different kind of contest. There was a telling point in the debate when they were asked to identify a member of the other party that they could have seen themselves voting for. Bashaw named Joe Manchin. Kim named Mitt Romney. It is no accident that…
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