Kristi Noem: A Predicted Fall from Grace
Kristi Noem’s nomination as Homeland Security Secretary sparked immediate doubts about her qualifications and longevity. Her departure after 13 months—the first Cabinet-level exit of Trump’s second term—highlighted the predictable consequences of controversial appointments in Trump’s administration. Alleged corruption around Kristi Noem is broad, spanning her time as Governor of South Dakota and as Homeland Security […]
Trump’s Dangerous Half-Witted Intelligence in Nigeria
Presidents Tinubu and Trump
Politics: Is It About Serving People or Pushing Ideology?
In a democracy, we expect our leaders to serve the people. Yet, too often, politicians are more concerned with advancing their ideologies than solving problems. Whether it’s a senator voting against disaster relief in a flood-stricken district or a governor blocking access to healthcare in a state with high poverty rates, people are left wondering: […]
President Trump can’t pull the wool over our eyes
The luxury jet gift does not pass the smell test!
Like Republicans, Trump is not better on the economy!
Republican National Committee
The Democrats: A Way out of the Wilderness
Democratic Party Logo
Autocracy may be here already!
President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington, DC, on March 21, 2025. Yuri Gripas /Getty Images
It Is the American Voters, Stupid!
American voters are an ignominiously fickle lot, rebounding from one party to another on a whim—every two years—sometimes on a flimsy rationale. Now, they are getting what they deserve American voters are an ignominiously fickle lot, rebounding from one party to another on a whim – every two years – sometimes on a flimsy […]
The Demonization of “Illegal Immigrants”
Felix Okhiria, MPA, MA. February 13, 2025. “As it was in the beginning, so it is now, and so shall it be, world without end, Amen.” This is a prayer by the faithfuls in the Catholic denomination. Come to think of it, “World without end?” Isn’t that in conflict with the biblical injunction that the […]
Opinion: Conservatives like me fear Trump will break through guardrails that restrained him last time.
Los Angeles Times Matt K. Lewis Tue, January 14, 2025, at 6:00 AM President-elect Trump speaks to reporters at the Capitol at President Carter’s funeral President-elect Trump’s imminent return to the White House sparks a pressing question: Can the guardrails of American democracy survive another four years of the only U.S. president who sought to […]