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Posted Wednesday, April 7, 2021 5:12 pm A conservative reader recently sent us a transcript of a monologue by liberal comedian Bill Maher, who hosts Real Time on HBO, and much of it rang true, particularly as it pertains to America and China and the race to “win” the 21st century. As Maher points out, it’s a race between a serious country and a silly country. You can guess which is which. “In two generations, China has built 500 entire cities from scratch, moved the majority of their huge population from poverty to the middle class, and mostly cornered the market in 5G ...

The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: A First Historical Assessment, in an article titled Julian Zelizer, a historian at Princeton University and CNN Political analyst, regularly organizes assessments of presidencies (George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and now Trump). Each volume brings together leading political historians to address different aspects of a recent presidency. The goal of this project is to be first-movers in shaping a serious and ongoing conversation about the historical significance of the Trump presidency, Smith noted. Before convening for a Zoom discussion, the NYT article expla...

Can Biden get Infrastructure Week back on track? The GOP Catch-22: Fixing infrastructure is great, so long as you don’t raise taxes or increase the deficit  Every few months or so, the Trump White House would declare “Infrastructure Week!,” seven days for the president to focus the country’s attention on his plan to rebuild the country’s decaying roads, bridges and airports. The problem, of course, was that Donald Trump was an agent of chaos, pathologically incapable of detaching from the frenzy of the news cycle. The other problem: There was no plan.  The first I...

Joe Biden references joke on Donald Trump in promoting administration's infrastructure plan White House / Wikimedia Commons Related Stories President Joe Biden is now set on promoting his upcoming infrastructure plan, another major piece of legislation he seeks to pass in Congress and the Senate. In his White House address, Biden made a reference to a long-running joke from the Trump-era in his touting of his massive American Jobs Plan. Biden promoted his $2 trillion American Jobs Plan that would make investments in improving the country’s infrastructure in his address at the White House ...

Republicans signal support for much smaller infrastructure plan A city street is closed for repairs and upgrades, Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. As part of an infrastructure proposal by the Biden administration, $115 billion is earmarked to modernize the bridges, highways and roads that are in the worst shape. (AP Photo/John Raoux) A EVgo electric vehicle charging station is seen at Willow Festival shopping plaza parking lot in Northbrook, Ill., Wednesday, March 31, 2021. President Joe Biden will unveil his $2 trillion infrastructure plan and the proposal calls to build a national ...