Off the Soapbox is a Zeitgeist column that focuses on the personalities, leadership styles, and rhetoric of those in the political arena today. How do these leaders, their unique backgrounds and approaches, impact the larger political conversation?
A little over a week ago it was reported that Representative Don Young (AK), Dean of the House of Representatives, had passed away on a…
Putin has been labelled a mad man many times. Inews recently called him “an unpredictable man with a noticeable willingness to do anything crazy.” MSNBC’s host,…
One has to only glimpse at the headlines today to understand how the Biden administration is being viewed by the media and public alike. With approval…
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced in January that he will be retiring, giving President Joe Biden and the Senate Democrats an opportunity to choose a…
By all accounts, not Latin Americans. Across the region, populist parties have become a common fixture on electoral ballots. Its representatives have become increasingly central (although…
Alright, alright, alright, let’s talk Texas! The large Lone Star State is often a space for political fodder and speculation that mirrors national conversations, who runs…
“Political Wife.” That image conjures up a fairly classic figure. You picture the same thing I do, right? Knee-length, floral dress, toothy white smile. She stands…
It was the dawn of post-9/11 America. Wounds were fresh and Americans still angry, but the public did not look to President George W. Bush nor…
Senator Krysten Sinema is fashioning herself as a maverick, like many Arizona senators before her. Yet she has done so in a clumsy and disappointing manner,…
In March of 2003, as Senator Joe Lieberman — the controversial, independent-minded, pro-Iraq war, moderate Democrat from Connecticut — toured Tucson, Arizona, during his recently-announced presidential…