Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of Indiana’s fourth-largest city (South Bend) and a strong contender in the 2020 Democratic primary, does not believe he would be the first gay president in American history, if elected.
Former President Barack Obama’s successful campaign to rig the NBA finals in Canada’s favor notwithstanding, American athletes continue to enjoy an unprecedented dominance under the leadership of Donald J. Trump. Over the weekend, American golfer Gary Woodland won the U.S. Open Championship at Pebble Beach, a two-hour drive from Oracle Arena, where the injured-ravaged Golden …
“Shooting in the halftrack,” an Israeli phrase connoting friendly fire, was the term used to describe the behavior of Israeli right-wing politicians and pundits, who spent last week sniping at one other.
America just lost to Canada. Take a moment to let that sink in. That really happened. The Toronto Raptors knocked off the defending champion Golden State Warriors in Game 6 of the NBA finals on Thursday. The national humiliation was compounded by the fact that the Raptors celebrated their victory on American soil at Oracle …
Beto O’Rourke already failed in his celebrity-backed campaign to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas), and now his presidential campaign is floundering. He is settling towards the bottom of the pack, according to the latest polls, including one of likely Iowa voters that showed him getting blown out by alternatives options such as “None” and …
The Health and Human Services Department announced yesterday that it plans to use Fort Sill in Oklahoma as a shelter for unaccompanied migrant minors, a temporary measure prompted by a full-blown humanitarian crisis at the border. Most media outlets covered the news with the appropriate level of nuance, but a few, uh, didn’t. The real story, …
Among the many campaign promises President Donald J. Trump has fulfilled since taking office in 2017, his successful effort to restore the concept of “winning” to the American lexicon after eight years of Barack Obama’s enduring weakness is perhaps his most laudable achievement. Tiger Woods is winning again. Non-American golfers won the PGA championship six …
Russian authorities on Tuesday announced they were abandoning efforts to prosecute investigative reporter Ivan Golunov, whose recent arrest on dubious drug charges prompted a remarkable outpouring of solidarity from Russian journalists. Golunov’s detainment, the most recent example in the Russian government’s long history of targeting and cracking down on journalists, has drawn comparisons to that …
John Edwards, the disgraced former Democratic Senator from North Carolina and 2008 presidential contender, celebrated his 66th birthday on Monday. Happy Birthday, John! There’s plenty to be said about all the bad times, like when you cheated on your cancer-stricken wife and fathered a love child with a video producer whose wealthy father was implicated …
Beto O’Rourke’s failed Senate race against Ted Cruz is the subject of an HBO documentary, which is hip and trendy and all, but Running With Beto fails to answer one of the most fundamental questions about his presidential campaign: What, exactly, is the point? The latest Des Moines Register poll of Iowa Democrats suggests that …
