Vladimir Putin wants to destroy NATO and recreate the Soviet Empire — Vladimir Putin has unleashed World War III. Conquering Ukraine is just his first step. Putin wants to destroy NATO and recreate the Soviet Empire, with its string of puppet regimes in Eastern Europe. Putin is driven by a deep hatred of the West and the United States. Putin believes that…

The Russian’s bullying is driving Ukrainians toward the West — Vladimir Putin has massed about 130,000 Russian troops on three sides of Ukraine. Europe seems very close to a major land war, for the first time in over 80 years. Putin has justified his provocative maneuvers, and criticized the West and the Ukrainian government, on several grounds. Putin has claimed…

The Court’s latest ruling is very bad news for the Department of Justice’s move to challenge Georgia’s new restrictive voting laws. — The Supreme Court has struck another blow against voting rights, by upholding two Arizona laws that make it harder for minority Americans to cast their ballots. The Court’s ruling in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, handed down on July 1, is very bad news for the Department of Justice’s lawsuit…

May 31, 2021 President Joe Biden has mapped out a strategy to make the United States more competitive and block, or at least slow down, China’s drive to dominate the world economy. The $6 trillion price tag for Biden’s proposals is expensive, and he may not be able to get…

Democrats should support Rep. Liz Cheney as she fights her party’s slide into authoritarianism As Republicans move to expel Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) from her leadership post in the House, the warning lights are flashing red for American democracy. Republicans are punishing Cheney because she has committed the cardinal sin…

Georgia’s Republicans are cheating, tilting the playing field as they try to stem a rising tide of Black voters. — April 9, 2021 You may have heard, from Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Wall Street Journal, and other purveyors of alternative reality that there is nothing sinister, nothing wrong at all, about the new voting law that the Georgia legislature passed on March 25. …

Part 1 — March 1, 2021 After a brief rebellion, the Republican leaders in Congress have surrendered to Donald Trump. Mitch McConnell said he would “absolutely” support Donald Trump if he is the party’s nominee in 2024. Even Sen. …

If Not, Moderate Republicans Could Go the Way of the Do-Do Bird — January 27, 2021 Impeaching Donald Trump is critical for protecting our democracy from a tyrant, but that is not the only reason for conducting a trial in the Senate and convicting him. The trial may also be moderate Republicans’ last chance to cast Trump out of their party and to…

The President Should Face Impeachment or Prosecution — January 9, 2021 American democracy is facing the kind of existential threat that destroyed the German Weimar Republic in 1933. The President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, is an enemy of the people, an enemy of the state. Trump presents a clear and present danger to American democracy…