(Akiit.com) Since the Democratic debates in June, the tide seems to have receded for the party and its presidential hopefuls. In new polls, only Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump comfortably. The other top-tier candidates – Sens. Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren, and Mayor Pete Buttigieg – are ...
(Akiit.com) There are no two ways about it, the Democrats are in a civil war. Of course, primary season has begun with the passing of the first round of Democratic debates, so one would expect a certain degree of infighting and jockeying for position, as with any political party at ...
(Akiit.com) Twenty-four people are running for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. From where I sit, at least half of them are only running for exposure, for the Vice-Presidential nod, for Cabinet secretary, to push a platform, or to simply be seen. Their ambitions have made the ...
(Akiit.com) A new Gallup poll shines a spotlight on the deep political divide in America and surely points to what the upcoming presidential election will be about. Gallup asked, “How proud are you to be an American?” Seventy-six percent of Republicans said “extremely proud” compared with 22 percent of Democrats. ...
(Akiit.com) If there’s one thing too many people have too much of, it’s an abundance of self-esteem. The last 20 years has been spent instilling in many children a sense of accomplishment for merely existing. And while existing is fine and a good thing, it’s hardly an achievement, it just ...
(Akiit.com) Starting a business is thrilling. It’s also a whole lot of hard work. While building up your customer base and learning to market yourself can be exciting, there’s one thing many business owners dread – and that’s taxes! Taxes for businesses can be complicated. Today we’re asking, do you ...
(Akiit.com) Should Meharry Medical College, a Historically Black College (HBCU) established in 1876 in Nashville, have accepted $7.5 million from Juul Labs, the controversial e-cigarette company that provides an alternative to smoking tobacco? Meharry says it will use the grant, the second-largest it has ever received, to study public health ...
(Akiit.com) In the last week, President Donald Trump suddenly reversed two major decisions. He announced he would not begin mass deportations of those who are living in the country illegally, which he previously threatened to do, and he pulled the plug on a bombing attack on Iran, even as the ...
(Akiit.com) With the race for 2020 firmly underway, a series of images have begun to shape the next leg of what is bound to be a hostile and hotly debated election cycle. While former President Jimmy Carter has been unable to read the widely distributed evidence that has cleared the ...
(Akiit.com) The left claims to be a compassionate party. They say the government must be more prominent to protect those who cannot take care of themselves. Their declarations sound noble, but they are not. Instead, America and our society are a more dangerous place because of leftist policies. The Second ...
(Akiit.com) Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., was touted as the winner of the second Democratic debate, in part, because she went after Joe Biden accusing him of opposing bussing to integrate public schools and of coddling segregationists. Biden said Harris misrepresented his record. Biden has been criticized by some for recent comments he ...
(Akiit.com) What do the 10 Democratic presidential candidates who participated in the inaugural debate of the 2020 campaign have in common? Not a single one of them has what it takes to make America great. Throughout the two-hour debate, the Democrat Party’s first batch of candidates repeatedly demonstrated that they are ...