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U.S. POLITICS

COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2017
Dems: win by out-Trumping Trump
The Democrats can only succeed against Trump by getting louder, meaner, more over the top and beating him at his own game.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2017
American politics in the new age of disbelief
Millions of Americans no longer believe what they once believed. There is a loss of faith in old orthodoxies and the established 'experts' who championed them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2017
Putin invented this toxic ambassador game
Trump's critics in Congress and in the media are following in Putin's footsteps by turning Russian representatives in the U.S. into pariahs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2017
Liberal democracy in retreat?
Having already come under siege in many of its outposts around the world, is liberal democracy now at risk of losing its citadel, too?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2017
The resistance will have all the proper permits
Restrictions on protests to protect safety and public order have eroded an important part of U.S. democracy, namely the constitutional right to public assembly.
EDITORIALS
Mar 2, 2017
Trump gets presidential
Donald Trump managed to sound presidential in his first address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, but his narrowly focused message should concern the world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2017
Don't count out a GOP impeachment of Trump
Whoever takes credit for bringing down a feared and reviled leader will rid themselves of a rival and reap rewards up to and including the highest office in the land.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2017
How Donald Trump is testing U.S. democracy
U.S. President Donald Trump's testing of the foundations of U.S democracy may transform existing assumptions about America and its global role.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2017
Why Donald Trump loves to hate the media
Trump can't be a unifying figure when he's having so much fun being divider in chief.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2017
Why won't Dems kick Trump while he's down?
The refusal of the Democrats to pogo-dance on Trump's grave is one of the biggest missed opportunities in recent political history.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2017
How I'll know it's time to flee the United States
If you're not scared of Donald Trump, you're not paying attention.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2017
Shrinks take a stab at what makes Trump tick
What makes Donald Trump tick also makes him a ticking time bomb.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2017
Forget Wall Street gains, U.S. soft power has crashed
The persuasive abilities of the U.S. in global public opinion has hit a new low.
EDITORIALS
Jan 30, 2017
America's disruptor in chief
The world must prepare for four years of disruption and disorder.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2017
Donald Trump unleashed
All administrations lie, spin and deceive, but judging from early indications, the new U.S. team is off the charts.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2017
Failure and hope in Women's March
Coopted by the Democrats, the Women's March was doomed to join the list of fruitless liberal marches — yet it gave hint at the better country Americans could have.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 20, 2017
The media must embrace a new mission
Trump's much-derided, frequently written off and ultimately successful candidacy has exposed the intellectual inadequacies and political perils of mono-journalism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2017
What Obama deserves credit for — and doesn't
Did the departing U.S. president create national dysfunction, or was he just its victim?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2017
Obama: more war than peace
Obama has handed down to Trump more theaters of war than he inherited from Bush.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2017
Trump is the water beetle of American politics
Trump's feral cunning in manipulating the masses is instinctive, and his presidential term will be as novel as his campaign was.

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