(Akiit.com) It is a common, if not especially honorable, practice in American politics for a candidate and her campaign to prefer to run not against their actual opponent on the ballot but rather against the most unpopular caricature of the opponent’s party. That explains why Democrats, for close to three ...
(Akiit.com) Among the campaign promises of Donald J. Trump during the 2016 election that yours truly considered to be particularly important, if not compelling, was his commitment to appoint independent-minded federal judges that would obey the Constitution and the rule of law generally. Under Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush and ...
(Akiit.com) While President Trump is working hard to rebuild Michigan’s economy, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and her minions are doing everything they can to destroy it. President Trump visited a Michigan Ford Motor Company auto plant his administration had retooled into a veritable “arsenal of health care,” turning out ventilators for ...
(Akiit.com) Today there is a national outcry about the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. The public condemnation has forced a belated response. Those accused of his murder finally have been arrested. His murder has become a global embarrassment for whites. For blacks, however, it is another humiliation, a continuing terror. It is ...
(Akiit.com) Everybody who has ever graduated from anything knows how special graduation is. If you made it to graduation, not only were you excited about doing something not only you considered important, but the fact that you made it, made a lot of people happy. Friends, relatives– especially your parents ...
(Akiit.com) From the very moment that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden tossed his hat in the rink, polls and public opinion have consistently shown two things. One is that Biden is the overwhelming choice of Black voters for the presidency. This was more than borne out when Black voters ...
(Akiit.com) Ever play Monopoly? Wasn’t it fun to have little piles of “money,” little paper bills that seem like real money? And if you were good at it, wasn’t it fun to wind up owning Park Place and hotels and eventually maybe winning the whole game? Did you ever try ...
(Akiit.com) There is a persistent myth in American politics that a superb running mate can push a presidential candidate over the top, either in terms of the popular vote or in the electoral college. There is precious little evidence from history to indicate that this is so. Vice presidents simply ...
(Akiit.com) I’ve been writing about “Obama the bad guy” for many years. I was the first to name former President Barack Obama the head of the Obama crime family. I coined the phrase “Obamagate” to describe his reign of crimes against candidate and then President Donald J. Trump. Obama’s public ...
(Akiit.com) Democrats are desperate because they have nothing left in their arsenal. They have nothing left except weaponizing fear about the coronavirus to turn Americans against the president. As I write, #TrumpHasNoPlan is trending on that sewer pit known as Twitter. Whatever. What truly matters is the truth that’s trending ...
(Akiit.com) The 1800-page HEROES Act was passed along party lines on Friday in the House of Representatives, without hearings, without input from any Republicans and likely without meaningful input from most Democrats. How striking is it that the HEROES Act includes the grand sum of $1,200 in aid for individuals ...
(Akiit.com) “The video is clear: Ahmaud Arbery was killed in cold blood,” tweeted presidential candidate Joe Biden in regard to the recently released video of the February shooting death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia. In his shameless rush to judgment, Biden has taken a page straight out of ...