Articles by Robert Zaller
Oct. 18, 2019
The Ukranian double-edged sword: how we got here
Donald Trump is going to be impeached. It is as certain as the sunrise now. Only three months ago, though, the odds on it were…

Oct. 11, 2019
Self-impeachment appears to be Trump’s 2020 strategy
Donald J. Trump is now the fourth of our presidents to face impeachment. Two of them, Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton, actually were impeached, although…

Oct. 4, 2019
Impeachment in Washington, Storm over London
Something is happening that’s never happened before: the world’s two oldest democracies, Britain and the United States, are simultaneously experiencing constitutional crises they haven’t faced…

Sep. 27, 2019
History is repeating itself inside England’s Parliament
Karl Marx said that history repeats itself, the first time as tragedy and the second as farce. Of course, that doesn’t preclude tragedy following the…

Aug. 16, 2019
The Mueller Hearings: Tragedy, Dereliction, and Farce
The Mueller hearings have come and gone, leaving us predictably no closer to a resolution of our constitutional crisis and shorn of any remaining illusion…
Aug. 16, 2019
The Race to the Moon and Fate of the Earth
Most anniversaries wear with time. Few, however, have faded as quickly as the Apollo 11 moon landing half a century ago on July 20, 1969.…
Aug. 2, 2019
Drexel, the Hahnemann Debacle, and American Medicine
Drexel University finds itself smack in the middle of the Hahnemann Hospital closing, a debacle that has gained national attention, including that of presidential candidate…

Jul. 8, 2019
Was Harvard Wrong to Boot Kyle Kashuv?
Harvard is back in the news again, after the dismissal of Ronald Sullivan from his decanal position for joining the legal team defending Hollywood mogul…
Jun. 7, 2019
The Mueller report isn’t enough to absolve or convict Trump
Last week, after two years as Special Counsel to the Justice Department’s investigation of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election and related matters, and…

May. 31, 2019
Dancing towards perdition: The Don and Nancy Show
As I’ve said before, I believe that when a president commits impeachable offenses on a regular basis, there is a Constitutional duty to call him…
