• Farewell to the Grand Old Party

    By Virginia Heffernan ~ LA Times ~ October 14, 2018 All happy partisans are alike; each unhappy partisan is unhappy in his own way. Max Boot, the Russian-born hawkish polemicist, ...
  • The Nazi echoes in Trump's tweets

    By Max Boot, The Los Angeles Times ~ October 17th, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-boot-trump-reaction-to-orange-county-nc-firebombing--20161017-snap-story.html On Feb. 27, 1933, a deranged young Dutch communist set fire to the German parliament, the Reichstag. The ...
  • The G.O.P. After Donald Trump

    By Erick-Woods Erickson, NY Times Opinions ~ October 14th, 2016 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/opinion/erick-erickson-the-gop-after-donald-trump.html?emc=edit_th_20161014&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=49022863&_r=1 ATLANTA — Over the past few months, a cavalcade of Republican policy wonks, pundits and partisan strategists have beclowned ...
  • Latino Vote: Lingering Grievances Toward Democratic Party

    TeleSur ~ January 29, 2016 http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Latino-Vote-Lingering-Grievances-Towards-the-Democratic-Party--20160129-0032.html As potential presidential candidates hope to become elected the country’s 45th president, strategists from both political parties are seeking support from Latino voters, who ...
  • Immigration crackdown splits GOP

    A rift has opened up in the party around the question of mandatory minimums. By Seung Min Kim, POLITICO ~ August 11, 2015 http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/immigration-gop-rift-mandatory-minimum-senate-cruz-121231.html#ixzz3iWcvO510   Ted Cruz and other Senate Republicans ...