by Don Mayer March 23, 2019 Republicans are in attack mode against some Democratic candidates for election in 2020. By calling them “socialist,” they hope to brand them as less-than-fully-American, not “freedom loving” enough, and thus unelectable. But...
by Don Mayer As a Presidential candidate, Donald J. Trump promised to “drain the swamp” –– an ambiguously appealing pledge that meant different things to different people. But it sounded good. (The weather in DC is notoriously swamp-like in summer; and, as the...
We often ask, “Why can’t Congress get anything done?” Part of the answer is that in the U.S., there have usually been only two parties, and bi-partisanship seems to have ebbed since the three decades after World War II. We’ll return to that by and by, but...
The U.S. President’s use of the pardon power is plenary, and is built into the U.S. Constitution. Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution bestows upon the president the power to “grant Reprieves and Pardons for offences against the United States, except...
Silence is (Not) Golden The old adage, “Silence is Golden,” seems a lot less true with news reports of all the silent enablers that have come to light in the last ten years. Consider the many claims of pedophilia against Catholic priests, and how church...
