Never Trump

I can almost see his face. It is White, chiseled, clean shaven, unmistakably the countenance of an old-stock Anglo-American who can trace his roots back to the original British colonies. One of his ancestors signed the Declaration of Independence, and voted for his state to ratify the 1789 U.S. Constitution…

For a long time, there have been many political pundits who have floated wonky, unrealistic, and sometimes completely bizarre split ticket president and vice president ideas. …

The following poem is dedicated to Liz Cheney, Mitt Romney, Adam Kinzinger, Steve Schmidt, Miles Taylor and all of the Never Trumpers who had no problem with — and even contributed to — the decades of dog whistling, anti-government vitriol, undermining of public education, and elimination of the Fairness Doctrine…

Trump literature, this one is something new…[W]hat this book does do is help us understand him, offering the most incisive rendering yet of why he is the way he is.” — Politico The best book about Trump that you can read. Now grab your copy I’ll tell you why in…

Since November, and arguably well before that, the future of the Anti-Trump coalition has been muddled at best. There are a number of reasons for this malaise that’s gripped the movement. First and foremost, there is genuine disagreement in the leadership about what to do. Some are committed to fight…

The mad king is deposed but not before his madness infected the Republican Party. The new center-right that united to help defeat Trump now has three choices: 1) reform the GOP, 2) join the Democrats, or 3) join or create a third party. …

Conservatism in America is potentially valuable if done correctly. Growing up, it had a reputation for being the pragmatic option. “If you’re not liberal when younger, you have no heart; if you’re not conservative when older, you have no brain,” the saying went. …

Two-party democracy doesn’t work when one party doesn’t support democracy — The most obvious example today is probably Mitt Romney. An open letter to the Senator. Senator Romney: Does the Republican party believe in representative democracy as practiced in the US for the past 100 + years? Your statements from early today[1]; “I could never have imagined seeing these things in…

Centralization vs distribution of the political economy — While you reflect on the year-end essays that summarize the events of 2020, you might struggle to make sense of the disjointed, incoherent, and nonsensical experiences that characterize 2020. If there is one theme that connects, explains, and makes sense of all of these disconnected and incredible phenomena it is…