by Bartholomew St. James | Apr 8, 2021 | Political Writing
According to justice correspondent, Elie Mystal, in The Nation yesterday “If there’s a message the Biden administration seems to be pushing during its first months in office, it’s that government works.” Mystal notes, “It’s become something of a trend in recent...
by Bartholomew St. James | Feb 3, 2021 | Political Writing
This article from the New Yorker explores the tenacity of Trump’s Big Lie, through his base and state political surrogates like Kelli Ward. You will also enjoy the intrigue behind the podium in the novel The Contrarian Candidate. The fictionalized story takes...
by Bartholomew St. James | Dec 6, 2020 | Political Writing
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 18, 2020 | Political Writing
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 | Nov 14, 2020 | Political Writing
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,...