There’s One Thing About the VP Debate That’s Bugging Me

Plus, my thoughts on both candidates’ performances

JD Vance is a better debater than Tim Walz. 

Except when he’s not. 

It was almost disconcerting how civil last night’s debate was. Like, “What is this unfamiliar thing I am watching? Surely it’s not… a debate on policies?”

First let me start by saying this: as a longtime government teacher, I have taught many a lesson in which I posed various questions to my students: “Can a president give every American a million dollars?” “Can a president declare war on Canada?” “Can a president force you to convert to their religion?”

Basic functions of government are something any candidate for office should know. It is especially irksome, then, when …