Marc JohnsonJun 4, 20207 minHistory Informs Us…History, if we study it, is a teacher. It informs us and provides valuable perspective on the challenges of our times. Consider… “To one...
Marc JohnsonMay 29, 20206 minFantasy Land…The essential objective of the Republican Party for the next five months is to rewrite the history of the last three and a half years. Th...
Marc JohnsonMay 21, 20206 minAmerica’s Retreat…The United States, the acknowledged world leader in the post-World War II era, is in retreat and decline. Among America’s closest interna...
Marc JohnsonMay 14, 20206 minThe Next Wave“The Republican states are in strong shape,” Donald Trump said last month. “I don’t know — is that luck or is that talent?” The president...
Marc JohnsonMay 7, 20206 minNever Trump and the Fight for the GOP Soul…In the wee hours of last Monday morning the president of the United States picked up his iPhone and rage tweeted four times at the conser...
Marc JohnsonMay 7, 20206 minNever Trump and the Fight for the GOP Soul…In the wee hours of last Monday morning the president of the United States picked up his iPhone and rage tweeted four times at the conser...
Marc JohnsonMay 4, 20207 minThe Worst Failure. Period.The rank incompetence of Donald Trump’s response to the global pandemic will be studied for generations, analyzed and assessed as one of ...
Marc JohnsonMay 4, 20207 minThe Worst Failure. Period.The rank incompetence of Donald Trump’s response to the global pandemic will be studied for generations, analyzed and assessed as one of ...
Marc JohnsonApr 30, 20206 minCrapo’s Hot Seat…Over the last six weeks Congress has appropriated $3 trillion to ease the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is by far the largest fin...
Marc JohnsonApr 30, 20206 minCrapo’s Hot Seat…Over the last six weeks Congress has appropriated $3 trillion to ease the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is by far the largest fin...
Marc JohnsonApr 23, 20205 minLet ‘Em Vote…Wisconsin, a state with a long progressive political tradition were state-level innovations were once the rule, recently held a vote-in-p...
Marc JohnsonApr 23, 20205 minLet ‘Em Vote…Wisconsin, a state with a long progressive political tradition were state-level innovations were once the rule, recently held a vote-in-p...
Marc JohnsonApr 17, 20206 minKnow Nothings…My political education began in the 1970s in South Dakota. An uncle served in the legislature as a Republican and later a top aide to a G...
Marc JohnsonApr 17, 20206 minKnow Nothings…My political education began in the 1970s in South Dakota. An uncle served in the legislature as a Republican and later a top aide to a G...
Marc JohnsonApr 9, 20207 minToo Big For One Man…“A pandemic is a lot like a forest fire,” then-President George W. Bush said in 2005. “If caught early it might be extinguished with limi...
Marc JohnsonApr 9, 20207 minToo Big For One Man…“A pandemic is a lot like a forest fire,” then-President George W. Bush said in 2005. “If caught early it might be extinguished with limi...
Marc JohnsonApr 2, 20206 minUnrelenting Logic…There is an unrelenting mathematical logic to the spread and impact of the COVID-19 virus. Denial of the logic is like playing Russian Ro...
Marc JohnsonApr 2, 20206 minUnrelenting Logic…There is an unrelenting mathematical logic to the spread and impact of the COVID-19 virus. Denial of the logic is like playing Russian Ro...
Marc JohnsonMar 26, 20205 minHow We Live Now…NOTE: A reached out this week (thanks social media) to a great reporter I’ve known and respected for a long time who now lives in norther...
Marc JohnsonMar 26, 20205 minHow We Live Now…NOTE: A reached out this week (thanks social media) to a great reporter I’ve known and respected for a long time who now lives in norther...