Before the election, Joe Biden was probably inclined to morph into a modern-day Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Can he still?
A Hard Reckoning for the Democrats: Race, Class and Joe Biden’s Election
That Democrats only defeated Donald Trump by so narrow a margin suggests that they need to re-think their political strategy big time.
South Carolina and Georgia: A Contemporary Tale of Two Southern States
“Nothin’ could be finer” than to see Georgia flip yet again.
US: Systematically Hollowing Out Democracy
U.S. political campaigns are one vast, sprawling political slush fund, designed to create a money-based web of post-election dependencies that is vast and largely impenetrable.
Rethinking America: Polishing a Rare Gem
The U.S’s dire need of significant reforms of its voting, media, education and justice system.
How to Reform the US Supreme Court?
Other countries show many ways in which a nation can de-politicize nominations to its highest court. All Justices should have bipartisan support.
China: US Republicans’ Real Existential Threat
There is a mortal threat to the Republican Party on the horizon – but it’s China, not demography.
Biden and the American Left
Joe Biden may not lead in moving toward a future that is more social and more democratic, but he cannot stop the Left’s momentum towards it.
Susan Rice?
Why Susan Rice, the former U.S. National Security Advisor, might be a good Vice President for Biden and good enough for his voter base.
US Democracy and the Age of American Impotence
U.S. democracy has devolved into a kabuki show. No real reform, no matter how pressing, ever gets done.