Brussels In the United States, real populists, meaning candidates who really believe in the people, rather than being demagogues and wannabe-autocrats, believed in the initiative and recall process, solidified in a number of states in the Progressive Era, more than one-hundred years ago. Certainly, not all states have them. They were in fact more …
Category: National Politics
Give Joe a Break
Pearl River Once again, after having been given up for dead, just like he was in the Presidential primaries before South Carolina, the early reports of Joe Biden’s demise are premature. Not counting a couple of Covid-cases, he’s had a resurrection summer, remarkable for having pulled victories out of the jaws of defeat. Huge …
If Not Biden?
New Orleans It’s a good thing that President Biden is getting a rock star welcome in Israel from all reports, because, fair or not, he’s getting a beating in the good ol’ USA. The sharks are swimming all around him and the water is roiling. The Washington chattering class is marking his birthdays …