Author: Max Thornberry

Crunch time Vice President Kamala Harris has not had much time to tell voters they should pick her to lead the country instead of returning to former President Donald Trump. While the 2024 presidential election has been happening for more than a year, Harris’s last-minute dethroning of President Joe Biden inserted a July surprise into…

Behind enemy lines Former President Donald Trump has made a point of making frequent media appearances to be a counterbalance to Vice President Kamala Harris’s attempt to run President Joe Biden’s successful 2020 basement campaign. His interviews and press conferences haven’t always been on hostile territory up until this week, but he has been more…

About those documents While it’s not clear who will occupy the White House next year, one certainty is that President Joe Biden will be leaving. Once again, Biden will have to pack up his office and prepare to exit public life, returning to his home in Delaware.  However, unlike the last time he stepped off…

Transition time Former President Donald Trump has gotten progressively better at politics since his surprise victory in 2016. When he walked into the White House the first time, the handover from former President Barack Obama was awkward, stilted, and difficult.  There was a sense that his upset of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was…

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is being honest with voters. The Republican isn’t winning over Democrats on his run for the state’s open Senate seat the same way he did when he cruised to election and reelection as one of the country’s most popular governors.  Democrats in blue states are consistently happy to hand the…

Oct. 7 on campus The vicious terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel a year ago upended the status quo on college campuses in the United States as much as it changed international relationships. Knock-on effects in the partnerships between Israel and the U.S. or how the Israel Defense Forces carry out operations in Gaza and…

Election effects of Oct. 7 The horrific terrorist attack by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, has left deep scars on the world. The most immediate effect of the bloody event that left 1,200 Israelis dead and more than 200 captured and held as hostages was a stark warning about the threat Israel faces as a…

Israel, Hamas, and the world In the year since Hamas launched its deadly surprise terrorist attack, Israel has systematically dismantled much of the organization, along with other Iranian-backed foes in the region. Hamas leadership has been killed or driven underground, and there is no real threat of the terrorist organization launching another Oct. 7 anytime…

One year later The Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas terrorists on unsuspecting Israeli civilians that left 1,200 dead and 200 captured as hostages was the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. The surprise attack was an escalation in a long-simmering conflict that vaulted the Middle East back into the consciousness of the West,…

Bribery, insurrection, and official acts Just because former President Donald Trump doesn’t call New York home anymore doesn’t mean he can escape the connection to the Empire State — for good or for bad.  While the myriad legal fights that were projected to be the wrench in Trump’s reelection plans haven’t been as damaging as expected…