Thomas Balcerski

Jun 4, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Thomas Balcerski

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Jun 4, 2024 | cnn.com | Thomas Balcerski

Donald Trump is the first former president to be found guilty of felonies, but he isn’t the first convicted person to run for president in the US. In fact, there’s even a historical precedent of a felon running for the Oval Office from prison: Eugene V. Debs in 1920. Despite having been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sedition, Debs incredibly received some 914,191 votes, a higher number than when he ran as a free man in 1912.

Feb 18, 2024 | ctnewsjunkie.com | Jonathan L. Wharton |Thomas Balcerski

Last week, President Joe Biden’s fitness to serve exploded as a major issue in this year’s presidential election. Special prosecutor Robert Hur’s troubling report, in which he referred to Biden as “an elderly man with poor memory,” set off a political firestorm.

Oct 23, 2023 | cnn.com | Thomas Balcerski

Editor’s note: Thomas Balcerski teaches history at Eastern Connecticut State University. He is the author of “Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King” (Oxford University Press). The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN. CNN  —  The United States has been without a speaker of the House of Representatives since October 3, and the situation doesn’t appear to be changing anytime soon.

Oct 4, 2023 | cnn.com | Hilary Krieger |Thomas Balcerski

Editor’s Note: Thomas Balcerski teaches history at Eastern Connecticut State University. He is the author of “Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. CNN  —  California Rep. Kevin McCarthy has once again made history, this time for being the first House speaker to be removed from his post.