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It’s far too early for any sensible observer of the political scene to be talking about presidential possibilities in the 2024 election, so let’s do it anyway.
“Not freedom for the thought of those who agree with us, but freedom for the thought that we hate.”
In the words of the legendary phrasemaker Yogi Berra, the University of Connecticut has found itself in an embarrassing “déjà vu all over again” situation by making another sweetheart financial deal with an ex president.
There has been talk about how President Biden’s ambitious legislative program — trillions for infrastructure, education, immigration reform, climate control — is reminiscent of the incredible first Hundred Days of Franklin Roosevelt’s first term. But is there really any comparison?
That was quite an exhibition of party unity staged by the Republican National Committee at its annual spring meeting for donors the weekend after Easter.
This is how Meyer Berger, the legendary New York Times reporter, began the story of what is generally considered the nation’s first mass shooting in modern times:
For the second time in exactly a century, an elected president is promising a “return to normalcy” for his beleaguered people. But there’s a difference. Nobody’s poking fun about using the malapropism “normalcy” this time, as they did to Warren G.
The best way to reform and repair the way presidents are elected is to either abolish the Electoral College or change it so that every vote will count.
In the spring of 1955, as I was about to graduate from college with a degree in journalism and history, I went looking for an entry level job as a copyboy at one of the big New York newspapers.
No president has ever refused to leave office after not winning an election but a governor did it once in a most unlikely place, the Land of Steady Habits.
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