Even if we somehow ignore the fact that Donald Trump’s vainglorious ignorance has killed 177,000 Americans, and ignore the fact that his raging pandemic has put tens of millions out of work, his Republican convention still seems woefully tainted. Because...
By Chris Satullo Mailing it in has long been an idiom to describe a half-hearted effort. But the phrase is having a moment. These days, to Donald Trump and his Kool-Aid Brigade, mailing it in conjures dastardly images of massive election fraud. But during the virtual...
Given how dangerous Donald Trump truly is, how cavalier he is about torching the Constitution and tallying American casualties, it’s probably a darn good thing that he’s stone-cold stupid. Until Joe Biden took command last night at the Democratic...
Joe Biden believes that if something happens to him, Kamala Harris is ready to govern. That’s primarily why he picked her. But if we parse her acceptance speech, delivered last night to an eerily empty hall (which is a shame, because she fires up crowds),...
Alas, we’re compelled to interrupt our regularly scheduled program, the Democratic convention – despite its playful roll call of the states (a cornucopia of Americana), its ongoing outreach to Republicans (helmed last night by Colin Powell and Cindy...
