Washington D.C. Archives

America’s ‘Misery Index’ is Déjà vu All Over Again

August 9, 2021 11:42 am

I am re-reading the 2015 book by Paul Kengor, Ph.D., “11 Principles of a Reagan Conservative.” Kengor is a professor of political science at Grove City College in Pennsylvania, and executive director of The Center for Vision & Values. Professor...

California ‘Karens’ Thriving in Blue-State, Seek to Cancel Businesses

January 11, 2021 7:52 amJanuary 11, 2021 7:54 am

A California business owner contacted the Globe late last week with a stunning story she wanted shared, because her story is the story of thousands of business owners throughout the state, suffering under Gov. Newsom’s lockdown, and the uprising coalition...

California Reps. Win Without Campaigning?

November 4, 2020 3:31 pm

With Tuesday’s election behind us, the analyses across the country from local to national races are heating up. Election fraud charges are rearing up in several states, which will play out in the courts. California is an interesting animal, and...

The New Power of Incumbency: How COVID-19 Has Changed Voters’ Expectations for Politicians

April 2, 2020 3:06 pmApril 2, 2020 3:25 pm

Since 1964, voters have returned their incumbent representative to Washington 93 percent of the time. In recent years, however, the advantage typically belonged to the outsider candidate, the person vowing to drain the swamp from the state capital to Washington,...