Markin Report

Trump has called himself a wartime president. Of course not all wartime presidents are good at being leaders. What should a good wartime leader be doing during a war? A...

If we lived in biblical times this pandemic would be thought of as a message from the Almighty. The world has been smitten with a global plague. “The Almighty”, we...

Friday, March 13th, 2020, was my 71st birthday. It was also the day the world as we know it came to an end. Happy Birthday to me. My present? I...

“For all those of you who’ve been knocked down, counted out, left behind, this is your campaign. Join Us!” Biden proclaimed to the cheering crowd. Joe Biden was not supposed...

There is no way to spin a pandemic. COVID-19 will probably be Trump's Chernobyl and Katrina combined. This is a real disaster, not of his own making, that he has,...

Mayor Pete is out of the race. But he has great potential as a leader and diplomat in the next administration. He has been a force to be reckoned with...

I think of Elizabeth Warren as a cross between a modern day Joan of Arc and a feisty, mission driven consumer advocate, eager to educate the world. She is definitely...

Mike Bloomberg is not an inspirational speaker. People close to him will quietly say that they think he may be "on the spectrum". If that is true about him his...

Joe Biden is not comfortable on the debate stage answering rapid-fire questions. He looks down, hesitates, and when he answers he isn't as sharp as a Mayor Pete or a...