The Cranky Yankee
Reg GaleIn the 1700s, the British derisively called hostile colonists “yankees.” The word came to define a people who turned their crankiness into a new nation. I'm a Cranky Yankee for modern times.
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Democrats Don’t Need to Agree. They Need to Win.
In assessing what’s happening in the Democratic Party these days, it’s worth revisiting a political science principle known as Duverger’s law.
I was first introduced to this idea in high school during a discussion about the third-party pr...
Numbers Don’t Lie. But We Know Who Does, Right?
Two months after Trump returned to the White House in 2025, he announced what he termed “Liberation Day” for U.S. businesses, based on his plan to impose tariffs on all of America’s trading partners.
“Jobs and factories will come roaring...
Trump's Obama Obsession Fueled This Costly War
In July 2015, Barack Obama pulled off a deal involving China, France, Germany, Russia, and the U.K., in which Iran agreed to reduce its stockpile of enriched uranium and allow inspections, in exchange for relief from economic sanctions.
T...
A Government Run by the Wealthy, for the Wealthy
A GOVERNMENT FOR THE RICH
Is there anything that more perfectly captures the increasingly bizarre contradictions of the Trump era than this? While Trump was involved in a testy standoff with the Italian Prime Minister over the Iran war and...
Now It's Older Folks on Medicare Being Pushed Aside
For months, Donald Trump has touted his efforts to lower the cost of weight-loss drugs and other medicines, suggesting that alone should be enough to carry MAGA Republicans to victory in the midterm elections.
Now his administration is mov...
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As a long-time journalist, I've covered every aspect of American life, specializing most recently on Health&Science and Energy&Commodities. As The Cranky Yankee, I hope to bring a unique perspective to the complex, modern world we live in.
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