by Ramesh Ponnuru Election Day ended with a lot of crucial races uncalled, and who controls the Senate may remain unknown for a long time — maybe not even until December, if the Georgia Senate race goes to a runoff. But a few preliminary judgments are possible. First, Republicans ...
Sometimes I wish white people could be Black. Not forever, mind you. Maybe for just a few weeks like John Howard Griffin, the author of “Black Like Me,” who darkened his skin and traveled the South in 1959. Sometimes, I wish white people could have that experience. Not so they could ...
Brazil held a presidential election a couple weeks ago. Here’s how The Wall Street Journal reported the result: “Brazilians elected Luiz ‘Lula’ da Silva to the presidency again on Sunday, ousting incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by less than 2% of the vote. Latin America’s largest country ...
Getting sick of dirty politics, attack ads Why is it that political ads have to be so nasty and hateful? I mean, what a person does in their private life has nothing to do with politics — it’s nobody’s business. The political ads should be about whether or not the person has a ...
A gallon of regular gasoline that cost over $5 in June now goes for about $3.80. So let’s all thank Joe Biden for the lower gas prices. Little to do with Biden, you say? You may be right. But if you blamed him for higher prices back then, why not give him credit now? The answer may be ...
by John M. Crisp In his “Soul of America” speech, delivered at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall on Sept. 1, President Joe Biden distinguished between two types of Republicans: mainstream Republicans and MAGA Republicans. But Biden focused most of his attention on MAGA ...