The day after yet another mass shooting. This is not another anti-gun screed. I have previously noted my own positions: There are legitimate uses for firearms such as hunting or target shooting; people should be able to own firearms. (Disclosure: We own… more »

For the last few months, I’ve been beating the drum for the march to the demise of the two-party system. I have coupled my observations with, among others, those of the Washington Post’s conservative blogger Jennifer Rubin and Rolling Stone’s Matt… more »

The All-Trump-All-the-Time media orgy surrounding The Real (as in real estate and reality TV) Donald Trump’s ascension to Republican nominee for President is only one aspect of what is at once the most fascinating and most disturbing Presidential… more »

My previous two posts in this space presented a hypothesis that American politics may be on the brink of forfeiting its allegiance to the two-party system, that the havoc Donald Trump has visited upon the Republican Party might soon have a spill-over… more »

Last month in this space, I discussed the potential implosion of the Republican Party as a result of Donald Trump becoming its presumptive nominee for President and pondered possible consequences. My hypothesis is that the fracturing of the GOP may… more »

The hand-wringing over the impending demise of the Republican Party as we know it seems ubiquitous these days. Just as an ice pick breaks a block of ice into smaller chunks, the success of Donald J. Trump’s campaign for the Republican Presidential… more »