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February 2021

February 08, 2021

Now Liberals Are Admitting They Manipulated the Election

Donald Trump claimed that the election was "rigged" against him. The media consistently reported that...

December 2020

December 15, 2020

The Electors Make Joe Biden President

Not citizens nor states elect the president. As with medieval Emperors, the president is chosen...

November 2020

November 11, 2020

An Obi-Wan Kenobi Moment?

"We might be in an Obi-Wan Kenobi moment," says Peter Burfeind, "wherein striking Trump down...

November 09, 2020

Biden Wins Presidency; Republicans Win Everything Else?

Pending recounts, run-offs, late ballots, law suits, and Supreme Court reviews, it looks pretty certain...

November 05, 2020

On the Wrongness of Polls

Once again, the polls were spectacularly wrong in predicting the recent election. Perhaps the problem...

November 04, 2020

Perspective on the Election

Chad Bird offers us some much-needed perspective in his post "God’s Not Worried About the...

November 03, 2020

The Election Vigil

Over half of Americans (55%) believe that today, Election Day, will be the most stress-filled...

October 2020

October 26, 2020

Which Should Weigh More, Character or Abortion Policy?

Conservative Christians tend to say that, yes, Donald Trump has character flaws, but they are...

October 16, 2020

Deciding How to Vote #2: The Voter

Voters can have motivations that have little to do with the qualities of the particular...

October 15, 2020

Deciding How to Vote #1: The Candidate

In deciding whom to vote for, we consider a candidate's beliefs, policies, personal qualities, and...

October 02, 2020

Identity Politics vs. Transactional Politics

Reactions to Trump's alleged mockery of his evangelical supporters demonstrate two approaches to politics. Some...

September 2020

September 29, 2020

How the Constitution Resolves a Chaotic Election

Even if everything goes right, this may be a chaotic election day. But both sides...

September 21, 2020

The Supreme Court Vacancy & the Pro-Life Cause

The death of Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has poured gasoline on an already...

September 08, 2020

The Coming Election Chaos?

That so many Americans are planning to vote by mail due to their fears of...

August 2020

August 21, 2020

Media Worry about Losing Their “Antagonist”

Despite problems in the news industry, the "New York Times," the "Washington Post," CNN, and...

August 17, 2020

The Election and the National Mood

As in the election of Warren G. Harding in 1920, exactly one hundred years ago,...

July 2020

July 28, 2020

President Kanye West & the Million Dollar Baby

Kanye West is running for president. His proposal to pay women $1 million for every...

June 2020

June 09, 2020

The Presidential Election in Our Horrible Year

Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have clinched their party's presidential nomination. Right now, Biden...

November 2019

November 19, 2019

Why Soaking the Rich Will Give Them Even More Power

Democrats hope to pay for the new social programs they are proposing by increasing taxes...

November 07, 2019

“The Angry Majority”

Richard Nixon had his "silent majority." Ronald Reagan had his "moral majority." Now Donald Trump...

November 06, 2019

Two Incompatible & Mutually Hostile Worldviews

Another study of America's political polarization sees the divide in terms of a concept often...

August 2019

August 23, 2019

Trump’s Prospects

Do you think President Trump will be re-elected? I'm not asking right now if he...

August 06, 2019

Trade War

One of the few areas upon which most of the Democratic presidential candidates and Donald...

July 2019

July 31, 2019

The Democratic Debates, Round 2, Part 2

Tonight the second group of Democratic presidential primary candidates will face off , the debate to be...

July 30, 2019

The Democratic Debates, Round 2, Part 1

Tonight and tomorrow night the Democratic candidates for president will have their second debate, to...

December 2018

December 13, 2018

Trump’s Prospects

After what pundits described as his worst week ever, President Trump's popularity has gone up. ...

October 2016

October 06, 2016

Pence in 2020?

The strong performance of Mike Pence in the Vice-presidential debate makes him a leading candidate...