Commentary So you say you are tired of Donald Trump’s outspokenness and bravado. You want a return to “normal politics” in the United States, the kind you can largely ignore until a few weeks before elections, after which you can get back to living your lives, knowing that the people you have elected won’t be able to move the needle much in the meantime, either for good or for ill. After all, you believe, they will be constrained by the separation of powers written into the Constitution, no less than by the Constitution itself. You think to yourself that, even if the Democrats win, they might raise your taxes a little or expand government programs, but that will be all. If you believe that, normal American, you are living in the past. That kind of politics, fought according to the political equivalent of Marquis of Queensbury boxing rules, is gone …
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta