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22 Mar 2017, 9:02 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Before this year, the few of us who had heard of Mick Mulvaney knew only that he was one of the Republican Party’s most extreme anti-government ideologues, a leading Tea Partier who helped to force out John Boehner as Speaker of the House and who was willing to hold the debt ceiling hostage as a means to advance his reactionary agenda.Now, Mulvaney has been installed as Donald Trump’s budget director, and his job is to try to explain to the American people why Trump’s proposed deep… [read post]
13 Nov 2019, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
One of the many choices that people have had to make over the last four years is whether to treat Donald Trump’s provocations seriously or as mere public-relations hype. [read post]
6 Sep 2021, 9:00 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
There are not many good things to say about the blizzard of terrible things that has become a depressingly permanent part of our lives. [read post]
7 Jun 2022, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
There has already been an outpouring of commentary on the leaked opinion in the Supreme Court’s pending Dobbs case, in which Samuel Alito (apparently joined by four of his colleagues) will not only decide that Mississippi’s 15-week cutoff for abortion access is constitutional but that Roe v. [read post]
15 Jun 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
One of the well-worn tropes of the 2016 presidential campaign is that the presumptive nominees of the two major parties both have “high negatives. [read post]
11 Jul 2018, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Although “The Anthony Kennedy Show” has now been superseded by what will surely be an entertaining but entirely predictable renewal of “The Confirmation Show: Now Even More Evasive,” it is still valuable to consider Justice Kennedy’s hand in the Supreme Court’s hard-right turn that paid off so handsomely for conservative activists this year.In some ways, the most perversely interesting opinion that the Court’s Conservative Five handed down last month was in… [read post]
6 Sep 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
After the 2016 election, mainstream news organizations like The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and many others engaged in what at first seemed to be a healthy collective reassessment of how they had covered the presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. [read post]
1 Nov 2023, 9:02 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Democratic primary voters who did not support Joe Biden during his bid for the presidential nomination in 2020 were never in any meaningful sense against him. [read post]
11 Nov 2024, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
As Americans continue mentally and emotionally processing what it will mean for Donald Trump to return to the Oval Office, there is an understandably large number of people who are wondering whether this is finally the time to grab their “go bags” and make a run for the border.Last week, I published “The Daunting Realities of Trying to Leave the Country” here on Verdict, explaining some of the most formidable barriers facing those who would like to become expatriates. [read post]
In a stunning public admission of a plan to distort our democracy, Donald Trump has been telling his audiences that he will win the 2020 election without winning more votes than Joe Biden. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
In the aftermath of the Republicans’ retaking of the Senate in last month’s mid-term elections, leaders of the party in both houses of Congress have vowed that they will “govern responsibly. [read post]
1 Jan 2014, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
One could argue (although I would strongly disagree) that it would be too easy for Republicans to demagogue the Buchanan-Dorf strategy, saying [read post]
25 Feb 2015, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Vince Lombardi, the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers during their dynasty years in the 1960s, has been quoted as saying, “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. [read post]
8 Oct 2014, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Despite the extreme increase in partisanship that has gripped the nation for the past four years, there are some questions on which many Democrats actually agree with Republicans. [read post]
25 Mar 2015, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
In my most recent column here on Verdict, published on March 12, I asked: “Will Republicans Accidentally Increase Taxes on the Rich by Playing Another Game of Debt Ceiling Roulette? [read post]
28 Aug 2013, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
When Congress returns from its recess next month, it faces the nearly impossible task of passing a set of appropriations bills that would fund the government beyond September 30, when current appropriations authority expires. [read post]