As I am writing this column, President Donald Trump has only two days left in his presidency. Then he will go into retirement. It must be hard for him to accept that he would be a one-term president being defeated by President-elect Joe Biden by a stunning eight million votes! Yet he claims that he was cheated. He… Read More »
With a 21-gun salute, a color guard, marching band, and red carpet, ex-President Donald Trump bade good-bye to a handful of his followers at the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews at about 10 am on January 20, 2020. Two hours later President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. took his oath of office at the Capitol. But peaceful transition came… Read More »
As we bid the year 2020 goodbye with a sigh of relief knowing that 2021 can’t be worse than 2020, my apprehension remains the same. With more than 20 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 350,000 deaths and adding 3,000 every day to the death toll, I wonder when will this plague ever end? For one thing,… Read More »
In three days, three events occurred that changed the political landscape of the U.S. for the next two or four years, or perhaps, for decades to come. On January 5, the state of Georgia – long a Republican bastion – elected two Democrats to replace two Republican senators. Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff defeated Republicans Kelly Loeffler… Read More »
Once again, President Donald J. Trump played the game of “chicken” when he held up the $900 billion COVID relief stimulus bill by demanding that direct payments to the people be increased to $2,000 per person. Speaker Pelosi responded that she would go along with the $2,000 direct payment wanted by Trump. But the Republican majority in the… Read More »
It was revealed a week ago that Russia was hacking at least eight U.S. government computer networks. It is not known at this time how the Russians were able to penetrate America’s top-secret government networks security secrets including the State Department, Department of Homeland Security, Pentagon, Treasury, Commerce, and National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons… Read More »
According to President-elect Joe Biden, President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede was “embarrassing and would reflect poorly on his legacy.” Indeed, a leader is measured and remembered by his or her last act in office. And Trump, since he lost the election on November 3, has manifested a strange behavior that makes him look like a sore loser. And as the… Read More »
If there is one notable result of the Biden-Harris victory it is the first time that a female vice president has won the election. Many tried if before like Geraldine Ferraro who ran in 1984 as presidential candidate Walter Mondale’s vice presidential running mate. Ferraro was the first woman nominated for national office by a major party. But the Mondale-Ferraro ticket was… Read More »
In my column last week after Joe Biden took the lead in the presidential election, I wondered where President Donald Trump would be heading after his term? I asked, Quo Vadis, Donald J. Trump? Where are you going when you step down from the presidency? As it turned out, he is not going to retire. On the contrary, quitting is farthest from… Read More »
A little over a week after Joe Biden’s election as president, he made several calls to world leaders. When asked what he’s been telling them, Biden replied: “I’m letting them know that America is back. We’re going to be back in the game.” Biden in particular spoke with leaders of Japan, South Korea, and Australia and pledged to work with… Read More »