In the opening week of November, the nation was stunned by the remarkable and unexpected victory of President-elect Donald Trump. On election night, my wife and I left what was to be a celebration for a Trump victory with the full expectation that Hillary Clinton was on the verge of becoming president. We should have […]
Matt Talbot: The task before the Republican Party
Given the chaos consuming the Republican Party in the wake of Donald Trump’s nomination this year, I think future historians will write about the 2016 presidential election as the year the Republican Party’s internal contradictions finally came to the surface and consumed the party from the inside, leaving it an all-but-empty shell. The Republican Party […]
Matt Talbot: Some thoughts on the Republican Party
Early 20th century humorist Will Rogers liked to say, “I am a member of no organized political party: I’m a Democrat.” I suspect there are more than a few Republican voters who could make the same remark about the chaos currently consuming their own party. In the wake this week of the Republican primary voters […]
Jerome Page: A fresh approach to democracy!
SURELY ONE OF THE CONSTRUCTIVE AND STATESMANLIKE PROGRAMS being carried out by the Republican Party of the United States today is its effort to guarantee that our elections are free from the taint of “politics.” Wherever one travels, north, south, east or west, one encounters the strong hand of the GOP insuring against fraud, tightening […]