New Orleans The headlines in today’s papers range from the bizarre to the insulting. Donald Trump is having trouble getting Republicans that he has spit on to kiss and make up. The Bush family, one and all, have declined to endorse him. He’s attacking former opponents like Senator Lindsey Graham with vigor. House Speaker Paul …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Hey, At Least It’s Not a Popularity Contest
New Orleans With Donald Trump’s overwhelming victory in the Republican primary in Indiana, he has now driven Texas Senator Ted Cruz out of the race, and he officially threw in the towel as the numbers swamped his last chance at a path to win. Only Ohio’s Governor John Kasich continues in the race a long …
A Third Party for the Conservatives?!?
New Orleans Every once in a while the arch-conservative editorialists working for Rupert Murdock at The Wall Street Journal have the capacity to surprise. Here we have been cajoling progressives that we need to learn the lessons of the 2016 campaign finally and think seriously about building an alternative political formation that more clearly translates …