Monday, January 25, 2021
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Monday, January 18, 2021
A Final Assessment of the Trump Presidency, and the Path Forward
A Final Assessment of the Trump Presidency, and the Path Forward: An inventory of the beneficial and the regretful
Friday, January 15, 2021
Lexington - The conscience of some conservatives | United States | The Economist
Lexington - The conscience of some conservatives | United States | The Economist
Although inciting the attack itself was worse than anything Mr Trump has done, it revealed nothing fundamentally new about his character.
. . . his newly emboldened Republican critics did not merely stomach his earlier abuses—of ethics rules, migrant children, and so on—but vociferously defended them.
To start with the obvious barrier to Republican reform, most of the party’s voters appear to be against it, which is why Mr Trump’s critics enabled him for so long.
. . . a necessary condition for renewal on the right may be failure.
This
is cause for realism; but not despair. Expunging Mr Trump from Reagan’s
party is a more basic condition for progress. And thanks to the belated
bravery of ten Republican House members and perhaps Mr McConnell it is
imaginable. If they succeed, it will be their life’s work; Republicans
and Democrats alike should back them. Mr Biden liked to say the general
election was a battle for the soul of America. It is now being waged in
the Republican Party.
Thursday, January 7, 2021
John Kelly after Capitol riot: 'Look infinitely harder at who we elect to any office' | TheHill
John Kelly after Capitol riot: 'Look infinitely harder at who we elect to any office' | TheHill:
“We need to look infinitely harder at who we elect to any office in our land. At the office seeker’s character, at their morals, at their ethical record, their integrity, their honesty, their flaws, what they have said about women and minorities, why they are asking office in the first place, and only then consider the policies they espouse.”
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