by Bartholomew St. James | Jul 19, 2023 | 2024 Campaign, Politics
He has easily the best take on the current election I agree with Matt Lewis of the Daily Beast when he credits Chris Christie with having the best take on the current political moment – simply because he realizes it’s a decision between “Trump or not Trump,” and is...
by Bartholomew St. James | Nov 14, 2020 | 2020 Post-Election, Politics
And the media will be there making a meal of it all Donald Trump is not the retiring kind. Sure, he’s hunkered down licking his wounds for now. But that won’t last long, and certainly not as long as an exhausted country is hoping. And when he comes out of his cave,...
by Bartholomew St. James | Nov 18, 2020 | 2020 Post-Election, Politics
Part one – Biden’s Tangled Road Ahead The victory achieved by Biden and Harris and the Democrats on November 3rd may turn out to be painfully hollow. That is especially true when considering the state of the nation and the nature of the world in which it took place,...
by Bartholomew St. James | Dec 6, 2020 | 2020 Post-Election, Politics
Part Two – That Cursed Divide Rather than healing the political divide, Joe Biden seems to have enough on his plate just keeping that divide from becoming even wider. And he’s doing that mainly by being careful not to confront or otherwise irritate those on the other...
by Bartholomew St. James | Nov 10, 2020 | 2020 Post-Election, Politics
A strange kind of victory We saw a lot of celebrating on Saturday after the declaration of Biden’s win. But as I watched those celebrations, it occurred to me that a strange kind of victory was being cheered. Because those celebrations seemed strangely incongruous,...
