Foreign Policy Face-off: Ramaswamy’s MAGA Vision vs. Haley’s Pragmatism
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) There was a fascinating exchange between Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley during Wednesday night’s Republican debate...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) There was a fascinating exchange between Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley during Wednesday night’s Republican debate...
Defining the nature of that polarization is more difficult and important than simply noting that it is strong. It is...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Third party candidacies hold a special place in the consciousness of the American political class. Every...
Kennedy’s bizarre comments deserve some attention. First, it is obviously both antisemitic and racist against Chinese people, suggesting that Jewish...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper)Over the last week the Supreme Court decided two cases that have direct bearing on higher...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Over the last three decades or so Ralph Reed has been an advocate for an ugly...
There are now, depending on how you count, about ten Republican candidates for President, and a possibility that the field...
For the last few years the Republican Party has sought to reposition itself away from a party organized around conservative...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Last monthJoe Biden formally announced that he was running for reelection. Despite frequent media speculation...
American political habits and traditions are deeply engrained in the media, political elite, and in the minds of voters, particularly...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Between now and the presidential election in November of 2024, we will hear endless speculation about...
Ralph Yarl was a 16-year-old African American boy who was picking up his younger siblings from a house where they...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) On Tuesday, April 4th, the Donald Trump show, after a few years' hiatus, returned to New...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) On February 20th, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) Tweeted a call for a national divorce. While...
Trump’s political success is also a reflection of the enormous wealth disparities in the US and the failure of either...
The current moment may be the biggest threat to the Georgian Dream since the initially came to power in late...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The enduring power of the big lie about the 2020 election has been one of...
Despite all this, Haley has almost no chance of winning the nomination. She has little name recognition, trails the dual...
This event occurred in the context of what is usually referred to as “rising tensions” between China and the US....
This consensus is in part due to both smart Republican strategists, and there are still some, as well as center...
DeSantis is different. Liked Ted Cruz during the first years of his political career, part of DeSantis’s brand is that...
Given the very slim majority the Republicans won in the midterm election and their failure to develop anything approaching a...
There is more to the Hunter Biden story than that. The President’s only living son has sleazily and unethically, traded...
The wiser, but more difficult, the approach would be to recognize that Covid is an ongoing problem that continues to...
On the other hand, if a strong Democratic candidate emerges, the only way Sinema would have a chance to get...
The main opposition to McCarthy comes from a faction of the GOP caucus known as the Freedom Caucus. The Freedom...
White was a former policeman and fireman who had been elected to the Board of Supervisors in 1977, but resigned...
A month from now the media will have moved on from the midterms and people will forget Dr. Oz, Doug...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper)New York - Brussles Morning - In the remaining days before the midterm election, the horserace...
USA - Circa 1974 : a postage stamp printed in the US showing the Mount Rushmore Text: shrine of democracy...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper)The war in Ukraine has now dragged for almost eight months and does not seem likely...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) In late September Hurricane Ian lashed the southeastern coast of the United States causing flooding...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) In the last few months, the Republican vision for the US has come into stark relief....
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) There is no precedent for the President of the United States giving a major speech warning...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The midterm elections are now slightly over two months away. During much of the second half...
The FBI search of Mar-a-Lago that revealed that the former President had classified national security documents stored at his home,...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) There is an odd disconnect about Joe Biden’s presidency. On the one hand, he is...
This is a terrible strategy largely because anybody who has been paying attention these last few years should know by...
It is possible that I have underestimated Garland, but regardless of what he does, the work of the Committee itself...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) In recent weeks, Ron DeSantis has not only consolidated his lead among the potential non-Trump...
Unfortunately, we don’t live in that alternate universe, but in this reality where Trump is a former President who continues...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The televised hearings by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection have made...
Tragically, the gravity of these events has been lost in the eighteen months since they occurred. This is partially due...
Throughout his campaign and the first part of his presidency, Biden refused to call for the end of the filibuster....
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) One of the difficulties that new democracies face is that if they do not relatively...
The USA, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Following the leak of the Supreme Court decision that will overturn Roe v. Wade, in addition...
There is precedent for the US to be segmented in this way-and overcoming that segmentation was essential for the consolidation...
The post-Trump Republican Party will shake off the more cultish elements that surround the demented charlatan that is its current...
Harris still might become the next president. The outpouring of negative press about her from several months ago seems to...
The problem Biden faces is that unless he can address the domestic problem that are of primary concern to the...