This U.S. presidential election year was eminently winnable for the Republicans.
Indeed, if one follows the longer-than-six-decade pattern since the Eisenhower administration, with only one exception the Republican and Democratic parties have effectively alternated eight-year terms in power, making this the Republicans' turn.
Here's an interesting take on a word that is frequently used as a slur or putdown in academia. The blog entry is written by Sam Bowman of the Adam Smith Institute.
Read it here.
"Look, I know how hard this job can be. That's why I know Hillary will be so good at it. In fact, I don't think there's ever been someone so qualified to hold this office" — Barack Obama endorsing Hillary Clinton
Even allowing for a soupçon of hyperbole, Obama is close to the mark. By conventional standards, Hillary is exceptionally well qualified to be president.
The United States national political conventions are early this year. The Republicans gather in Cleveland next week and the Democrats in Philadelphia a week later.
Out of these conventions will come the two candidates for the White House in November – one who repels most Americans (that would be Donald Trump, the Republican) and one whom most Americans do not trust (Hillary Clinton, the Democrat).
It’s an appalling choice.
Britain's vote to leave the European Union has released a tsunami of economic and political forces that are sweeping across the continent and far beyond.
