Raphael J. Sonenshein
California and the rust belt: A health care bridge
January 11, 2017
Donald Trump upset the apple cart, pulling off a victory in the Electoral College by sweeping the Rust Belt states.
The election we are not having
October 5, 2016
The presidential election is a critical element of our American representative democracy.
Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump: A choice between two stark visions of America
August 3, 2016
Our two political parties have never been more different from each other. They inhabit wildly opposite political and social universes.
Terror and the election: What does it mean?
June 15, 2016
In an election year that has already passed the abnormal and entered the zone of the surreal, the June 12 terror attack in Orlando, Fla., throws even more uncertainty into the mix.
A 2016 election column that doesn’t mention Donald Trump
March 9, 2016
The 2016 presidential campaign is a real doozy and not only because of colorful personalities and bitterly fought primaries.
2016 election will be a game-changer
January 7, 2016
No one saw Donald Trump coming. Not the pundits, the party leaders, the political scientists and certainly not the traditional Republicans or Democrats running for president.
Watts: The day the mirror cracked
August 5, 2015
Late last month, a University of Cincinnati police officer was indicted for murder for the unprovoked killing of Samuel DuBose, an unarmed African-American motorist, the most recent in a spate of high-profile deadly encounters between police and African-Americans across the country.
Benjamin Netanyahu: The new Republican hero
March 26, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just won a startling re-election by linking his fate not to the United States as a whole, but to the U.S. Republican Party.
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