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Where the Civil War Never Seems to End — Our Presidential Campaigns
I wrote before about Nikki Haley and her gaffe in December about the causes of the Civil War. But the subject still strikes a chord with me.
Haley’s apparent sensitivity around offending GOP voters who don’t want to be thought of as racists, combined with the continuing debate around Jan. 6 and what it meant, has me wondering how much we’...Read more
Donald Trump, Unifier? That’s a New One
In striking contrast to his usual bombast, Donald Trump’s victory speech in Iowa sounded surprisingly humble, a quality not often associated with the former president.
He also looked and sounded a bit tired, but still jolly, as he thanked the crowd of caucusgoers for their support and made an unexpected plea for the nation to “come together...Read more
When DEI Spells Opportunity for All, It’s Not so Scary
Why is DEI upsetting so many people when so few people seem to know what the heck it really is?
Such is the confusion I perceive in the dialogue that two well-known rich guys who love to tweet recently had with each other on X, formerly Twitter.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk poked Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban on Thursday as the two got ...Read more