US Presidential Debate Evoked Memories of Nixon and JFK

[T]he American president is building a personality cult that Ceaușescu borrowed from Stalin but raised to new heights.

[T]heirs is not a clash between East and West, nor between democracy and authoritarianism, but between two versions of American destiny.

From an American viewpoint, Gaza is a nuisance and perhaps something that can be worked around in the broader campaign against Hamas.

[T]he Republican Party is now a coalition of religious conservatives, the social and economic right, and libertarian oligarchs. For their part, the Democrats have become a broad “tent” uniting liberals, moderates, and socialists.