Mar 19, 2020Mexico’s New Anti-Corruption System May Help Turn the Tide — if it’s Allowed to SurviveAn Interview with Jorge Alatorre from Mexico’s National Anti-Corruption System — From the disappearance of millions of dollars from public universities and hospitals, to former governors and even the former head of national security being accused by U.S. authorities of accepting million-dollar bribes from drug cartels, corruption in Mexico is an enormous problem. …Mexico8 min read
Mar 8, 2020Member-onlyHow We Got Here: Mapping the Key Moments of the Democratic PrimaryWhat polling averages can tell us about the moments that have shaped the race over the last 6 months. — Yesterday I was looking at the Real Clear Politics polling averages over the last six months of the Democratic primary, and I had the idea of trying to identify key moments in the race that have affected the candidates’ polling numbers over the last 6 months. What really stood out…Politics6 min read
Mar 5, 2020Science Shows How Coronavirus Anxieties Could Be Helping Biden’s ResurgenceFear of infection makes people more conservative. That could spell trouble for both Sanders’ campaign and Democrats in November — An Epic Comeback Just a week ago, media pundits were discussing whether Joe Biden’s run for the presidency was over. After a year as the race’s frontrunner, the Biden campaign was in freefall. According to Real Clear Politics’ (RCP) national polling average, Biden fell from 27.3% support nationally the day of his disappointing…Politics5 min read
Mar 3, 2020Last But Not Least, I Learned that Mitt Romney is Exceptional, Literally and FigurativelyPart 5 of “Everything I Learned from the Impeachment of Donald Trump.” — From “corporations are people my friend,” to the video of him oddly blowing out each individual candle on his twinkie birthday cake, Mitt Romney is normally a robotic, unemotional social and fiscal conservative. However, for 10 extraordinary minutes, the man who famously strapped his dog to his car roof and…Politics3 min read
Feb 21, 2020Putin is Messing with Everyone, Including Democrats and the FBIPart 4 of “Everything I Learned from the Impeachment of Donald Trump” — “If right doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter how good the constitution is, it doesn’t matter how brilliant the framers were, it doesn’t matter how good or bad our advocacy is in this trial, it doesn’t matter how well written the oath of impartiality is, if right doesn’t matter we’re lost…Disinformation5 min read
Feb 20, 2020Member-onlyThe Incredible Danger of a Foreign Policy Based on Quid Pro QuosPart 3 of “Everything I Learned from the Impeachment of Donald Trump” — As I followed the impeachment proceedings, I began to realize that Trump and his inner-circle were involved in a myriad of quid pro quos in Ukraine that show exactly the kind of transactional approach to foreign policy that Gordon Sondland characterized as Trump’s modus operandi, that Trump “is a businessman…Trump6 min read
Feb 16, 2020How Two Uknown Dual Nationals Removed a U.S. Ambassador, and How Their Scheme Stinks of PutinPart 2 of my series “Everything I Learned from the Impeachment of Donald Trump” — In Part 1, I learned how to separate fact from fiction regarding Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Rudy Giuliani. Today I’ll detail how two associates of Giuliani appear to have co-opted the former NYC mayor into a scheme that included removing the U.S. …Impeachment6 min read
Feb 15, 2020Ukrainian Corruption and Separating Fact from Fiction with Rudy Giuliani, Burisma and Hunter BidenPart 1 of “Everything I Learned from the Impeachment of Donald Trump” — The year was 2014. Barack Obama was President, Donald Trump was merely a reality TV star with a history of dubious business ventures, and Obama’s “reset” in U.S.-Russian relations had achieved some positive cooperation — a new nuclear arms treaty, U.S. support of Russia’s inclusion into the World Trade Organization…Impeachment4 min read
