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Every four years, for the entirety of the last two decades, the punditry desperately tries to sell the upcoming presidential election as the most important one. This is never entirely untrue, as the presidential race is extremely consequential in setting the course of our country over a substantial amount of time. Had the country elected…

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The term “Survival of the fittest,” made famous in the fifth edition of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species,” suggests that organisms best adjusted to their environment are the ones who will thrive, survive and reproduce. In politics, politicians, too, have their own “survival of the fittest.” In politics, one can be rich. They…

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In the 2022 election cycle we learned a lot about how to identify and target the most competitive House races around the nation, and how to focus our resources accordingly. It can mean the difference between, say, losing a close race by two points and winning it by a point. The Democrats went 23-10 in…

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Last night my wife and I watched (for the second or third time) the Steven Spielberg film “The Post” with Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. Set in 1971, the film depicts the true story of attempts by The Washington Post to publish the notorious Pentagon Papers, a set of classified documents regarding America’s shameful 20-year…

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