Author: Quentin

At what point does a person’s advanced age prohibit him or her from effective service as President of the United States? This question is particularly relevant when the two leading candidates for the top office will have survived a combined 168 years when the next...

In a world of “us versus them” politics, is it true that your enemy’s enemy is your friend? Principle Based Politics does not think this is a good strategy for choosing who to support in elections. ...

Politicians and the media say an unraised debt ceiling will cause an economic disaster. Put succinctly, unless the current ceiling rises, the sky will fall. ...

Prone to think way-too-much about sports and politics, the writer of this blog often wishes things could be different in both arenas. In short, we hunger for the glory days of the Purple. ...

In what way could it be said that Joe Biden exceeds all others? To make a point and to balance last week’s look at Donald the G.O.A.T./goat, we thought hard about the current president....

There are a lot of words that describe our most recent former president. Are any of those good words, or are all of the adjectives for Mr. Trump ghastly?...

The ultimate tough issue is abortion, also known as the choice issue, depending on who you ask. But this is a problem that can, in fact, be fixed to the satisfaction of most people. ...

Along came a thing called AI Made writing as easy as pie But if politicians can use it Good chance they’ll abuse it So we ponder how they might try. ...

Why are taxes so high? Why is it complicated to complete a 1040? Where’s all the tax revenue being spent? We explore some political answers to such questions in this post....

As things stand now, the Social Security trust fund will run out of cash in 2033 or ‘34, reducing everyone's checks by 23 percent. Nevertheless, federal politicians are afraid to fix Social Security to prevent the future shortfall. ...