Ralph Z. Hallow
Articles by Ralph Z. Hallow
Naming Justice Ginsburg’s replacement may promote violence that hurts Biden, Dems in November
President Trump knows he will have to name someone -- preferably Judge Amy Coney Barrett -- to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Published September 19, 2020
A civil war over Donald Trump and the GOP platform?
It's hard to believe the party of President Donald Trump and Ronna Romney McDaniel can be so out of sync and dysfunctional this late in the game. But, God help us, it does appear so, judging by the way the GOP is handling its official 2020 party platform. Published August 23, 2020
President Trump’s missing DNA
Only desperately lonely people -- and a scattering of special-interest addicts -- read party platforms. Said lonely souls and interest addicts will find no trace of President Trump's DNA in the Republican party platform this year. Published August 16, 2020
United Left has ‘skinned the Redskins and America, as the Right looks on
The Washington Redskins' impending change to a politically correct name is the latest example of what happens when the right fails to unite against the left's mobs. Published July 14, 2020
Our last happy Fourth of July, or just our last period?
Sometimes just when you're feeling up, tears come and take you by surprise. As a happy Fourth of July greeting, my wife and I sent friends the link of The Texas Tenors singing "God Bless the USA." Published July 3, 2020
Resisting arrest is Atlanta’s killer — and America’s
The crime in Atlanta's latest racial explosion is that city authorities with hair-trigger quickness fired Officer Garrett Rolfe for shooting Rayshard Brooks in the back. Published June 15, 2020
All the nonsense that fits, The New York Times prints
Here we go again. The New York Times has managed to turn a simple news story into an America-bashing, racial-grievance screed. Published June 11, 2020
What happens when you apologize to rioters?
Minnesota government and police officials raised pant legs to reveal something ugly on Saturday. Published May 31, 2020
Why Donald Trump’s hydroxychloroquine fixation drives White House lynch corps nuts
It was hard not to think of President Trump as the Queen of England delivered one of the most moving speeches imaginable in this difficult coronavirus-plagued time. Published April 6, 2020
Fire Kennedy Center chief who sacked the National Symphony after getting $25M in virus relief
Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter has pulled a surprise attack on the National Symphony Orchestra's 96 musicians. Published March 30, 2020
It’s the virus, stupid — not the economy
Forget that President Trump brought us record-low unemployment and a growing economy. It's over. Gone. The Donald's re-election now depends completely on earning an "A" for Wuhan-virus leadership. Published March 18, 2020
Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders Democratic debate: What to look for in Sunday’s mano a mano
Sunday night is your night to test drive -- OK, test watch -- your man of la gramofono and the next Democratic nominee for president. Published March 15, 2020
Mike Bloomberg decides night before Super Tuesday to court Donald Trump’s 2016 Dems
Where's Mike Bloomberg's $60-billion plus brain? On Monday, the night before Super Tuesday, the billionaire and former New York City mayor lands a Fox News town hall and uses it to court President Trump's 2016 Democratic voters. Published March 3, 2020
Nevada debate confirms Mike Bloomberg only credible Trump thumper
President Trump was winning the Democratic presidential nomination debate in Nevada on Wednesday until former New York City Mayor and billionaire Mike Bloomberg stopped dodging, weaving and apologizing -- and started punching. Published February 20, 2020
Mike Bloomberg and Amy Klobuchar — It doesn’t take 2020 to see it
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg would be foolish to choose anyone other than Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota as his running mate in the presidential race. Published February 11, 2020
Iowa caucuses should remain part of electoral democracy
Long live the Iowa caucuses, the quintessential expression of electoral democracy in America. Published February 4, 2020
Think John Bolton is bad? Beware of Lindsey Graham and Mike Pompeo
Former Trump National Security Adviser John R. Bolton is stabbing the president and the presidency itself in the back by publishing a tell-all book before the November elections. Published January 28, 2020
Democrats take stage, wave bye-bye
When House Democratic managers tromp to the Senate Wednesday to caterwaul their contempt for President Trump, saddened onlookers will wonder this: Where's the Democratic Party we once knew, and to which some of us once belonged? Published January 19, 2020
Boris Johnson win boosts Donald Trump and, yes, Mike Bloomberg
The election results in Britain are great news for Michael Bloomberg and, for different reasons, Donald Trump and champions of nationalism everywhere. Published December 12, 2019
Democrats as complacent about Trump in 2016 as Republicans are about socialism in 2020
Nobody as far left as socialist Sen. Bernard Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth "I'm not a socialist" Warren can possibly win a U.S. general election, right? Published November 29, 2019