Much has been written and said this week about Mohammed Ali, the three-time heavyweight champion of professional boxing who died last weekend at the age of 74.  Ali was a legend, both for his exploits in the ring and for his public life outside of it.  He was, perhaps, the biggest, if not the most […]

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” -Winston Churchill (quoting an unknown predecessor in Parliament) America’s form of democracy, really a democratic republic, must be down the scale of those Churchill was thinking of when he opined on the way a government of the people operates in fact.  How else […]

Donald Trump talks about making America great again.  Bernie Sanders wants the wealthiest to pay their fair share.  Hillary Clinton says she can keep the country on track.  These are the one-line summaries of the three remaining presidential candidates’ stump speeches.  To varying degrees they get applause and cheers.  And to a limited extent, they […]

Ever since Donald Trump moved ahead of the pack in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, many Democrats have been anticipating an easy victory for Hillary Clinton in the fall campaign.  But now that Mr. Trump has effectively nailed down the nomination (becoming the “presumptive nominee”), those same Democrats are steeling themselves for a […]