David Rothkopf

1 week ago | thedailybeast.com | David Rothkopf

Senior-level Democrats across the country are facing an epidemic. Some cases are benign, but in others it is quite acute, with symptoms resembling insanity. And in every instance, unless properly treated the consequences can be severe—not just for Democrats but for the whole country. The disease is Trump-envy. And according to the best minds at the Department of Health and Human Services—which is admittedly setting the bar pretty low these days—there is no known vaccine.

1 week ago | thedailybeast.com | David Rothkopf

There is a lively debate about how many words for snow or different types of frozen water exist among the indigenous peoples of the Arctic. The numbers cited range between 30 and 300. Regardless of the particular linguistic theory to which you subscribe, the point is clear. If you live in a world in which snow is everywhere, you’re going to find many ways to describe it.

2 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | David Rothkopf

The good news is that the GOP’s budget bill is a political suicide pact. And more power to them. Oblivion could not happen to a more odious bunch of people. The tragically bad news, however, is that it is not just a suicide pact. It is a murder-suicide pact. It may end Republican careers, but it will also end tens of thousands of American lives. Many more will suffer. The bill is, in fact, proof that we no longer live in a functioning democracy.

3 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | David Rothkopf

Remember the last time when the president of the United States was considered to be the most powerful man in the world? It was January, whether the man in question knew it or not. Oh c’mon. Spare me your Biden-dignation! Don’t stop reading now. Yes, Biden was fundamentally a good man and an excellent president. But his decline was right there for all to see—and the cover-up was a really big deal. Why?

3 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | David Rothkopf

It was the cringiest of times. It was the craziest of times. Welcome to a moment in which one of the most consequential debates Americans (and people the world across) are having is about whether the President of the United States is just a national embarrassment or has full-on blown a gasket. Is Donald Trump just three fries short of a happy meal, or is he full-on howling-at-the-moon mad?