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Donald Trump

Crisis Averted

The US Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown with the passage of a bipartisan funding bill, but the process laid bare the persistent challenges of governance in an era of heightened partisanship and external influences.

History’s unheeded rhymes

Everyone seems to have something to say about the allegedly “historic” election of Donald Trump. Well… it IS historic, in the sense that it’s only the second time in the country’s history that a president has been elected to two nonconsecutive terms in office.

Political compatibility as a factor in marriage

Whether it is an arranged marriage organized through traditional matchmakers or a Western-style wedding planned by the couple themselves after multiple dates and perhaps a period of cohabitation, the basic purpose is the same.

Beating Trump

About a month before Joe Biden decided not to seek another term and support Kamala Harris for the presidency, Prof. Rodney Smolla, a constitutional scholar and president of Vermont Law and Graduate School, gave a very fascinating lecture at the United Church of Strafford about the 2024 election: