A candidate who stood out during the Sept. 12 Democratic debate was Elizabeth Warren. Her words managed to make an impact even though they mostly came during rebuttals. According to the class debate tracking results, six rebuttals by Warren were… Read More ›
Politics
A few surprises
In any election, debates can bring candidates to superb heights or bring them to tremendous lows. A nationally televised debate can completely end a candidate’s race if he or she is not prepared. Debates offer voters an opportunity to see… Read More ›
Economy and top candidates garner most attention
During the Democratic debate, one of the most frequently asked topics pertained to the economy. Further, most of the economic questions were asked to top candidates. A reason for this can be attributed to viewership and the publicity that debates… Read More ›
Health care and economy dominate debate
Throughout the Sep. 12 Democratic debate in Texas, the 10 candidates continued to state their cases on why each should become the next president of the United States. The frontrunners — Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders — were… Read More ›
Have voters lost interest in Kamala Harris?
One of the most outrageous parts of the third Democratic debate was that Sen. Kamala Harris was asked only two questions during the time period in which our class watched the debate. At the time of the debate, Harris was… Read More ›
Five things you should know about the last Democratic Party debate
Thanks to today’s 24/7 new cycle, we have come to expect instant analyses of political debates. The students logged each question, who asked it, who it was asked to, and who rebutted other candidates’ responses. They recorded their observations in… Read More ›
A Civil War scholar adds context to Trump’s tweet
By Chris Mackowski With impeachment in the air, political rhetoric has already ratcheted to such a level that it’s hard to tell what’s really going on without making an effort to sift through the clutter. In the midst of that… Read More ›
Voter ignorance makes the media cover elections as entertainment
By Michael P. Riccards We have spent a small fortune on examining whether the Russian government in 2016 has tried to influence the presidential election. Of course they did, and the U.S. government has tried to influence abroad since World… Read More ›
The talented journalists at the NYT should give us more than anti-Trump venom
By Michael P. Riccards Sometime ago, the New York Times sent a glossy brochure to its loyal subscribers which was a remarkable and expensive defense of how the newspaper comprises its editions and the various department that it uses. It… Read More ›
It makes little sense to impeach the president
By Michael P. Riccards The impeachment clause in the Constitution is in the document for rare and stark misconduct and treason. When the Jeffersonians started to use that clause to clean out the Federalist judiciary, the legislative branch finally balked…. Read More ›
