On 6 January 2021, when Congress was convened to certify the Electoral College vote that would make Joe Biden president on 20 January, President Donald Trump held a rally in Washington, D.C. Thousands of his most ardent supporters attended this … Continued
A few months before the fall of Berlin Wall in November of 1989, American political scientist Francis Fukuyama published an essay entitled “The End of History?” Fukuyama’s thesis was that with the impending collapse of Communism in Europe, … Continued
When Glen Youngkin, a venture capitalist who had never run for office, became the Republican nominee for the governor of Virginia, he latched onto a popular conservative talking point: critical race theory. I don’t know what critical race theory is, … Continued
It is 26 October, 1960. Democratic Senator John Kennedy and Republican Vice President Richard Nixon are deadlocked in the presidential election. Each candidate is looking for an advantage, while simultaneously trying to avoid any missteps that will either diminish voter … Continued