Access to guns does not fully explain the intensity of American political violence. There must be something more.
What appears forgotten in this latest version of Australia’s climate wars is the reason why our planet cannot be allowed to pass 1.5 degrees of warming. At 1.5 degrees we trigger a domino event where a warming planet reinforces further warming that is irreversible.
Next year will be like no other year we have witnessed in American politics. Trump is,of course,presumed innocent – but now let’s see what the evidence is against him.
It’s yet to be seen how long Americans will tolerate a Supreme Court bound by an ideology inspired by a 250-year-old document,out of step with the concerns of today’s world.
While Biden and Xi have berated each other on the world stage,their climate envoys have been working behind the scenes towards common goals.
Hinckley was 25 when he shot and wounded the 40th US president outside a Washington hotel in 1981.
40 years ago,just 70 days into his first term,US President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by a gunman outside the Washington Hilton.
Having worked for two Republican presidents,this expat American watches the US election from her Sydney home and considers the wreckage of four years of Trump.
Forty years ago,ex-actor and Republican candidate Ronald Reagan,69,humbly accepted his biggest starring role yet:President of the United States.
That the virus seems to be claiming more of his circle,including former adviser Kellyanne Conway,is especially alarming.
Trump is a highly tactical person. That characteristic,more than anything else,makes the question of what will happen in this week’s debate anyone’s guess.