Advertisements Joe Biden’s initial cabinet picks should come as a surprise to no one. They are almost entirely people he worked with in the administration of Barack Obama, and that administration was staffed overwhelmingly with centrists who were the epitome of Washington insiders. Most left their government positions and enteredContinue Reading
Advertisements You knew it had to happen, didn’t you? Israel’s absence from most of the 2020 election campaign couldn’t last. In Georgia, we see the ugly face of Israel-Palestine politics from both sides. Republican Kelly Loeffler launched a disingenuous attack on Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock calling him anti-Israel and implyingContinue Reading
Advertisements In the latest ReThinking Foreign Policy podcast, I look at the potential responses of both Donald Trump and Republican leaders to an electoral loss. They’re not the same. I also revisit the AOC-Yitzhak Rabin controversy I discussed in the previous podcast, because the attacks on AOC are not stopping. TheContinue Reading
Advertisements At Medium today, I examine the imminent selection of Joe Biden’s running mate. I look at the pros and cons of several of the leading contenders. Karen Bass is the choice I would want him to make, out of the available, realistic options. But she isn’t who I expectContinue Reading
Advertisements One of the reasons that centrist Democrats were desperate to nominate Joe Biden and even more desperate to avoid nominating Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren this year was to secure the support of alienated Republicans. The Lincoln Project, the Never Trumpers and a good number of MSNBC hosts areContinue Reading
