by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 23, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump
The scientific maneuver Mueller used that implicates the president This post is part of Mischiefs of Faction , an independent political science blog featuring reflections on the party system. If you are a fan of movies or stories where a clever protagonist uses...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 23, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Opinion | There’s a Bigger Prize Than Impeachment In the fall of 1998, Erskine Bowles, the White House chief of staff, traveled to Capitol Hill to meet with the speaker of the House. Mr. Bowles enjoyed a better relationship with Speaker Newt Gingrich than anyone...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 20, 2019 | • Politics, Barak Obama, Donald Trump
Opinion | Obama’s presidency will be hailed as transformative. Trump’s will be viewed with scorn. As it was with George W. Bush and every other president who preceded him, Barack Obama made policy decisions I found troubling. Obama once described the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 3, 2019 | • Politics, Donald Trump
More coal plants shut down in Trump’s first two years than in Obama’s entire first term The last time U.S. coal consumption was this low, Jimmy Carter was president. Despite campaigning on a pledge to save the dirtiest of fossil fuels, President Donald...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 19, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Corey Robin via Facebook alerted me to this great essay on “the Trump as fascist thesis”… Dylan Riley: What Is Trump?. New Left Review 114, November-December 2018. The pitfalls of bad historical analogizing laid bare in ubiquitous attempts to...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 12, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Psychology
This complete psychological analysis reveals 14 key traits that explain Trump supporters Whether we want to or not, for the sake of America, we must try to understand the Donald Trump phenomenon, as it has completely swept the nation and also fiercely divided it. What...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 7, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs
West Virginia poverty gets worse under Trump economy, not better West Virginia has a growing poverty problem, and experts there who study the issue say Americans in every state should pay attention. The Appalachian state is, along with Delaware, just one of two states...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 11, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump
It should go without saying that I am not a fan of most modern religious writers but John PAVLOVITZ is certainly an exception to that. This article he wrote back in January but is still very apropos today. Good People Don’t Defend A Bad Man At times in this life...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 22, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Tax Policy
Under Trump, CEO pay soars while employee wages decrease-and tax cuts could make gap even bigger Compensation for America’s top executives grew 17 percent in 2017 as real wages for workers declined, according to a study released Thursday. Despite President...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 4, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy
White Americans support welfare programs – but only for themselves, says new research Donald Trump’s administration recently decided to give $12 billion to farmers hurt by the president’s trade war against the European Union, China and various other...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 31, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Why did so many working-class voters choose a selfish thin-skinned petulant lying a narcissistic boastful megalomaniac for president it’s important to know because we need to stop more Trump’s in the future…...
