Author Archives: Ted Block

America – The Democratic Republic Where Minority Rules

Commentary I ran some “Battleground State”numbers…and they’re not pretty. As we enter the final weekend before Tuesday’s election day, I thought I’d take a break from writing about THE ELECTION and talk, instead, about, uh, elections. To be clear, this a break from THE ELECTION, but not a break from our broken political system. IContinue reading “America – The Democratic Republic Where Minority Rules”

November 3, November 4 and The Aftermath

Commentary From a Zoom call to a Times Op-Ed, I believe we are at the precipice of the day/days of reckoning! Last night, on my regular Thursday Zoom call with a group of my closest friends from Marin County, California, my former home, the conversation focussed almost entirely on the election. While we spent aContinue reading “November 3, November 4 and The Aftermath”

October Surprise – Jared Kushner Edition

Commentary/News With a Twist Getting the country back from the doctors? Say, what? In the 2020 Election version of the “October Surprise,” Bob Woodward released tapes of Jared Kushner saying back in April “…it was almost like Trump getting the country back from the doctors.” But wait, there’s more: “The most dangerous people around theContinue reading “October Surprise – Jared Kushner Edition”

Your Tax Dollars At Work

Commentary U.S. agrees to pay Eli Lilly $375 million for 300,000 doses of coronavirus antibody drug, but… CNBC reported that the “U.S. government will pay Eli Lilly $375 million to supply 300,00 doses of its experimental antibody drug to treat the coronavirus, the company announced Wednesday.” “’Lilly has leveraged our deep scientific capability to fightContinue reading “Your Tax Dollars At Work”

A Case for Packing The Court

Commentary It’s time to stop playing nice and do something! A despondent reader wrote to me regarding yesterday’s Around the Block entitled, “The Supreme Court is not political. Really?” (https://around-the-block.com/2020/10/27/the-supreme-court-is-not-political-really/). “It’s all so disgusting and heartbreaking. Even when Biden gets elected, we’ve lost the Supreme Court. Whose country is this?”

The Supreme Court is not political. Really?

Commentary This is not the end…it is only the beginning! Right Amy? Multiple news sources reported tonight: The Supreme Court on Monday night rejected a pandemic-related request from Democrats and civil rights groups to extend the deadline for counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day in the battleground state of Wisconsin. The vote was 5Continue reading “The Supreme Court is not political. Really?”

“We’re better than this. Aren’t we?”

Commentary Max Boot of the Washington Post asks the question. I answer with a question and a comment: But are we? I guess we’ll find out next week. Max Boot is a historian, best-selling author and foreign-policy analyst who has been called one of the “world’s leading authorities on armed conflict” by the International InstituteContinue reading ““We’re better than this. Aren’t we?””

Trump: “I’m the least racist person in this room”

Commentary Trump, White Men and yet another plot to assassinate Joe Biden. Yes, Sondheim, “It could drive a person crazy!” At last night’s Presidential debate, Donald Trump declared that he was the “least racist person in the room.” He then doubled down, saying, “It makes me sad because I am the least racist person, IContinue reading “Trump: “I’m the least racist person in this room””

Trump threatens to leave the country if he loses the election

Commentary He’s said and done many bizarre things recently, but does he really mean it – Leave the country? The last few days have been pretty bizarre for President Donald John Trump (I), even by Trump standards: He abruptly ended a solo interview with CBS News’ “60 Minutes” Tuesday and did not return for anContinue reading “Trump threatens to leave the country if he loses the election”