Biden, like Trump, understands the potential political appeal of "used to be," the warm nostalgia in the hearts and minds of older voters about what they imagine America was before its supposed decline.
Perhaps the biggest compliment to Trump's foreign policy is his political opponents largely want to make the 2020 election about domestic issues.
Here's six reasons why early 2020 polls are likely underestimating Trump's strengths and overestimating his opponents'
If so, it could undercut one of Trump's best re-election selling points: the strong economy.
The indictment of former White House counsel Gregory Craig gives Trump the opportunity to rein in the Justice Department without seeming partisan
Buttigieg urging candidates to "talk about freedom more" is a positive development not just for the Democrats but for the country.
In New Hampshire, some voters say they are ready for a fresh face.
The passengers of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed March 10 had not even been buried before some commentators had identified the cause: deregulation.
In good economic times, heightened inequality means that class tensions are heightened, as soaring visible wealth stokes envy and resentment.
It's an inversion of the formula Trump used to get elected by scapegoating illegal immigrants. She's just targeting a different minority group.
Even with all the steps the NFL takes to level the playing field between teams, the Patriots keep rising to the top. It generates some envy, and resentment.
Is it moral to blame a country's problems on a handful of wealthy individuals? Is it a wise political strategy?
John Bogle's life is a reminder that in capitalism you can make a fortune by saving your customers money.
Is it moral to pay higher taxes, even if that hurts employees, consumers, and shareholders? David Brooks seems to thinks so.
If Democrats are trying to win with voters who supported Obama in 2012 but Trump in 2016, Joe Biden might be their best bet.
Republicans all too often adopt themselves many of the most misguided beliefs of the left. Among these misconceptions: money is inherently corrupt.
America has added about 100,000 yoga instructors, personal trainers, and spin class teachers in the past 14 years or so. That's supply meeting demand.
A new book and academic report look at the under-employment of men since the Great Recession. Federal programs bear much of the blame.
Censoring politicians' racist, sexist, and abhorrent behavior on social media does a big favor to racist, sexist, and abhorrent politicians.
The Trump rebranding of the GOP as a working class party coincides with a number of super-rich Democrats winning high-profile elections.
A billionaire progressive CEO and a dead free-market economist walk into a bar.
The most sensible and effective way to police private college admissions practices isn't litigation or regulation, but competition.
Sometimes a bankruptcy isn't evidence of some hedge fund manager's hubris or humiliation, but merely a reminder that risk is part of capitalism.
Maybe both sides need to take a trip to Ellis Island.
Opposition to Kavanaugh stems from a case that was decided the year Kavanaugh was born and was argued by professors from the law school from which he graduated.
In many ways, the Sun's decade-old coverage bears on issues and personalities in contemporary headlines.
The same civil liberties that protect accused communists or street criminals may also protect the president or his lawyer. They protect us all.
Even if FBI directors might prefer to operate without guidance from presidents, but that set-up would render the FBI unaccountable.
The contemporary state of what passes for insider trading "law" is enough to perplex even lawyers and law professors.
Environmental Protection Agency
California might end up asking conservative judges to strike down federal rules for vehicle emissions.
If Warren really wants to win in 2020, she's going to need to do something she hasn't yet accomplished: broaden her message beyond the far left wing.
If foreign hackers are immune from American civil suits under current law, don't be surprised to see Congress step in to try to close the loophole.
Complaining about the government never goes out of style.
The media empire's flagship paper has seen subscription rates boom with Trump in office. But can the good times last?
Take a look at what The New York Times and others were saying about The Gipper in 1982 before you judge The Trumpster in 2018.
More signs of the coming left-right convergence on marijuana legalization.
Boston is the top destination for Gotham residents seeking to escape New York's high taxes and regulations.
Having two senators who opposed the Iran deal show up to denounce Trump for pulling out of the Iran deal was only the beginning of the hypocrisy exhibition.
Remembering Bernard Lewis and Richard Pipes, influential conservative advisers to presidents and senators
The vagaries of insider trading laws, as explained by a feel-good story of a secretary who amassed a fortune by copying her bosses.
Each false "resignation" headline slowly further erodes the credibility of a press that functions both as Trump's opposition and his foil.
Prisons are a staple of socialist political and economic systems, and always have been.
Cambridge Analytica and the Trump campaign copied tactics from the Obama campaign's playbook. Should that change how we view the supposed Facebook scandal?
As is often the case, the call for regulation is coming from a business competitor. Users should beware.
The New York Times slams Larry Kudlow for circulating fake news during the 2008 recession, but the Times said the same things at the time.
Making drug-company shareholders foot the bill for a public health crisis is flaky and counterproductive.
Smaller government has the possibility to be more honest government.
The GOP would be on higher ground if it stood on principle for a tax code that treats everyone the same.
(You don't really have to shut up, but here's my money.)
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