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Hillary Clinton Shifts the Election in Her Direction
Sep 28, 2016 If one use of a debate for a candidate is to change the trajectory of the campaign discussion, the Democratic nominee may well have succeeded in opening a new front against Donald Trump.
Presidential Debate Moderators Are Representing the People and Should Act Like Brave Journalists
Sep 26, 2016 Lester Holt, Martha Raddatz, Anderson Cooper and Chris Wallace have tough jobs And no matter what they do in representing the public and their media colleagues in the presidential debates, they will be criticized And no matter what they do in representing the public and their media colleagues, they will be criticized.
Donald Trump Media Coverage Has Created a New Crisis of Credibility
Sep 19, 2016 Almost 50 years after former Vice President Spiro Agnew launched a conservative campaign against the press, our journalistic institutions are being challenged for being too hard on Hillary Clinton and too timid toward the right in the 2016 election.
Donald Trump and the Politics of ‘Huh?’
Sep 17, 2016 The Census Bureau's latest report on incomes suggests that the vast majority of Americans have a great deal to lose if the Republican nominee wins the presidency.
Words, Actions and This Election’s Faith-Based Candidate
Sep 14, 2016 One presidential nominee is religious, has thought about what the Scriptures teach and was heavily influenced by Martin Luther King Jr. Guess which one.
Donald Trump, a Gold Medalist in Playing America’s ‘Broken System’
Sep 9, 2016 Hillary Clinton has had ethical lapses, but when it comes to sleaze and cutting corners, the Republican candidate is No. 1.
Phony Populism Doesn’t Feed the Family
Sep 7, 2016 The 2016 election was supposed to be the one in which the interests of the non-elite got a hearing We still have two months to make it happen The 2016 election was supposed to be the one in which the interests of the non-elite got a hearing.
Donald Trump’s ‘To Be Determined’ Approach Threatens Democracy’s Ideal
Sep 3, 2016 Have a candidate’s political strategists ever before treated their candidate like a rambunctious child and spoken of their pride that they finally coaxed him to “stay on message”?
Why Hillary Clinton Republicans Matter
Aug 29, 2016 The Democratic nominee is making an appeal to GOP members opposed to Donald Trump. Her unspoken message: The stakes for the party's dissenters are too high for halfway measures and bet hedging.
Where Is Our Martin Luther King Jr.?
Aug 25, 2016 We need more humble prophets -- to remind the skeptical that religion, which can indeed be divisive, is also a moral prod and an intellectual spark. But such figures are hard to find in this election year.