by David M. Shribman The conviction of the Democrats: The tawdry details of Donald Trump’s private life that are emerging from his New York trial involving $130,000 in hush money to the porn star Stormy Daniels finally will sink the former president’s reelection campaign. The chaos ...
The Biden administration recently stopped a plan to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes. The excellent arguments for why they are dangerous were overcome by good arguments for why making them illegal didn’t make sense. In a world of optimal health, no one would be smoking menthol ...
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Six months to go! And the most surprising thing about the 2024 presidential campaign has been its lack of surprises. But that won’t necessarily last. Joe Biden and Donald Trump both clinched their party’s nominations with ease, ensuring the first ...
Every state is different. Nebraska is quite different. It is one of only two states that doesn’t use the winner-take-all system in presidential elections. Along with Maine, it allocates its Electoral College votes to reflect the results in each of its congressional districts. In 2020, ...
by Robert Pawlicki Casual political observers may not be aware that Donald Trump has taken on a new strategy — infusing Christianity into his movement and presenting himself as a Christ-like figure. Images of Jesus Christ, hands resting on a beatific Donald, have been common at ...
Americans are inundated with social media messages and news stories emphasizing their “divisions” and decrying the country’s deep “polarization.” But a recent survey should help dampen the idea that this nation is hopelessly split along ideological lines. An Associated Press-NORC ...