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15 Jan 2020, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
With yet another dreary made-for-TV “debate” (and the scare quotes are truly appropriate here, because these are most assuredly not debates) in the books for the Democratic presidential candidates, and with the Iowa caucuses now less than three weeks away, commentators are intensifying their “soul of the Democratic Party” analyses and weighing in on the party’s center-right versus center-left schism that has become especially pronounced in the past year.That is not to… [read post]
21 Aug 2017, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
In the aftermath of the tragic and deadly confrontations in Charlottesville between racists and opponents of racism, an uneasy sense of dread has quickly set in. [read post]
8 Sep 2021, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
My recent columns here on Verdict and on Dorf on Law paint an unmistakable picture of doom and gloom. [read post]
13 Apr 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Tomorrow is April 15, Tax Day, which means that this is the week in which politicians make speech after speech attacking the U.S. tax system and its severely under-funded enforcement agency, the IRS. [read post]
23 Mar 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Republicans have been gunning for Social Security for decades. [read post]
24 Apr 2018, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
More than twenty years ago, a new front in the culture wars opened up with a controversy over the decision by a fictional TV character, Murphy Brown, to have a baby while remaining single. [read post]
19 Jul 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Even with the blast of negative publicity from the FBI Director’s gratuitous comments about the Clinton email controversy, the fundamentals of a victory for Hillary Clinton remain firmly in place. [read post]
27 Jun 2017, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Can I think of changes to the tax code that would be good for the economy and improve people’s lives? [read post]
10 Apr 2018, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
The Supreme Court has now heard oral arguments in two gerrymandering cases this term, and the world wonders whether Justice Anthony Kennedy will at last carry through on his suggestion in 2004’s Vieth v. [read post]
27 Apr 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
The media mini-frenzy that followed an incident at Stanford Law School last month seems to have mostly died down. [read post]
13 Dec 2017, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Did you know that the Democratic Party is not in complete agreement about its policy priorities or its political messaging? [read post]
30 Nov 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Except in the most extreme circumstances, increasing government spending on infrastructure would be a very good idea. [read post]
18 Nov 2015, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
The world is still in the early stages of trying to comprehend the horrors that took place in Paris last week. [read post]
15 Feb 2017, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Less than a month into his presidency, Donald Trump and his associates seem to be doing everything they can do to undermine their own authority. [read post]
3 Apr 2019, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
To talk about the Democratic Party in 2019, it seems, is to talk about a completely contrived “civil war” between the center and the left, with Bernie Sanders being the avatar of the supposedly out-of-control emboldened lefties who will scare away moderate voters and inadvertently help Donald Trump stay in the White House.This is nonsense on stilts, but that has not stopped it from becoming part of the conventional wisdom. [read post]
23 May 2017, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Although the betting odds are still against it, the possibility of Donald Trump being impeached and removed from the presidency has significantly increased this month. [read post]
15 Mar 2020, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Understandably, the rush of recent events has made it nearly impossible to think about anything other than the global coronavirus pandemic. [read post]