Author: Richard Rubin

Some readers of this column may not like what follows—-and for those who favored Donald Trump enough to vote for him, my conclusions will be

Presidential Inaugurals are supposed to be celebrations of a new start, fresh beginnings—-sometimes even historic moments. That was the case in 2008 when the nation

Even well before the 45th U.S. president is sworn in on January 20th and the glittery Inaugural Balls have played host to a the gathering swarm of

While the news coming out of Washington these days has yet to have a particularly soothing effect in the aftermath of a tumultuous election, a

Shock and Revulsion. Joy and jubilation. Two clashing views of a nation irreconcilably divided, one segment of the population mourning for itself, the other experiencing the

Donald Trump pulled it off. He will be the 45th president of the United States. Hillary Clinton had everything going for her or so it

  As the debate rages over the election of the next President, it seems that another debate with significant implications for California has yet to

What may be most telling in the final anticlimactic debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is not a strong premonition of how this race

The 2016 presidential race has gone from improbable to inevitable to tragic to plain ludicrous. It has turned from a contest about who will be