By Richard Lee With New York State’s Democratic Primary two months away, New York voters are leaning toward Sen. Bernie Sanders, but preferences for the candidates are scattered among the voters, according to a Siena College Poll released today. Sanders… Read More ›
Politics
Missing the point of the State of the Union
An online search of the State of the Union yields 2.9 billion results. What do the results have in common? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped up President Donald J. Trump’s speech. Trump refused to shake Pelosi’s hand as he walked… Read More ›
What happened in Iowa will not stay in Iowa
By Alex Marwaha Originally, I was completely for the Iowa caucus representing the country’s vote. People that I’ve discussed this issue with brought up great and interesting points about some of the surrounding facts I had never thought about, such… Read More ›
America First: Make America Nostalgic Again
By Philip G. Payne The 2020 presidential election marks not just President Trump’s re-election bid, but also the 100th anniversary of another presidential election marked by deep divides in America. A century after Warren G. Harding defeated James Cox we… Read More ›
Like Writing History with Lightning: The Politics of Nostalgia and New Media
By Philip G. Payne If we think of Warren G. Harding today, even looking back on the 1920 election, he seems old-timey in his boater-hat campaigning from his Front Porch in Marion, Ohio – more George Babbitt than Jay Gatsby…. Read More ›
Lee interviews former NJ governor
Jandoli Institute Executive Director Richard Lee took part in a Q&A session with former New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey at Rider University in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, Monday. McGreevey, the nation’s first openly gay governor, was the featured speaker… Read More ›
The simple math behind Trump’s Super Bowl ad
By Richard Lee I’ll admit it: Donald Trump’s first quarter Super Bowl ad took me by surprise. No talk of fake news, hoaxes or witch-hunts. No shots of cheering Trump supporters at a MAGA rally. Instead the ad featured Alice… Read More ›
The debate winner may not have been onstage
By Richard Lee With the Iowa caucuses less than three weeks away, Democratic presidential candidates took part in a two-hour debate sponsored by CNN and the Des Moines Register on Jan. 14. But the candidate who may have fared best… Read More ›
After an ‘astonishing’ election, the UK still faces challenges
By Lorenzo Cladi In the UK, a December general election is unusual. As the British people went to the polls on 12 December, it was the sixth time since 1800 that a general election took place in December and the… Read More ›
The demise of Kamala Harris
By Michael P. Riccards Another of the many Democrats for president has bit the ugly dust. Senator Kamala Harris of California has said she just cannot raise enough money to continue her quest. What she should say is that people… Read More ›