Carl Golden

Once Again, Americans Have A Less Than Stellar Choice For President

07/21/2020

When the Iran-Iraq war broke out in 1980, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger opined on the hostilities this way: "It's a pity they can't ... Read More

Biden Faces A Tricky VP Choice

06/24/2020

While Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden remains semi-cloistered in the bunker/basement/television studio of his Wilmington, Del., home, the vice presidential selection process plods on. Biden's ... Read More

Biden’s Demeaning Remarks Should Worry Democrats

05/29/2020

Not since Hillary Clinton described supporters of then-candidate Donald Trump as "a basket of deplorables" has a public official or candidate uttered such an insensitive, ... Read More

Biden Needs To Get Out Of The Basement

05/12/2020

He's stuck in the basement of his home in Wilmington, Del., unable to engage in traditional campaigning, soak up the cheers of raucous rally crowds ... Read More

Biden About To ‘Feel the Burn’ From Progressives

04/24/2020

For the millions who "felt the Bern" in 2016 and again this year only to be bitterly disappointed both times, it's now time to subject ... Read More

Fears Increase About Biden’s Chances in a Coronavirus World

04/07/2020

The national Democratic Party establishment is no longer desperate. It's merely nervous. When former Vice President Joe Biden dispatched Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders with a ... Read More

Why Top Democrat’s Attack On The Supreme Court Matters

03/09/2020

With his we-know-where-your-children-go-to-school threat directed at two Supreme Court justices, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer cast his lot with his party's lunatic fringe, tacitly legitimizing ... Read More

Trump-Style Payback for Bernie

02/16/2020

The national Democratic Party is in full panic now, its leaders in a headlong flight like something from a 1950's sci-fi flick where terrorized townspeople ... Read More

Hillary Clinton: Go Away

01/28/2020

At some point, the national Democratic Party's leadership will discover a backbone and summon up the courage to sever its connection to Hillary Clinton. Continued eye-rolling ... Read More

Impeachment Isn’t Exactly the Trial of the Century

01/06/2020

Eighty-five years ago this month, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, accused of kidnapping and murdering the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, stood trial in what the news ... Read More

Carl Golden

Carl Golden is a senior contributing analyst with the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. He served as press secretary for New Jersey Gov. Thomas H. Kean (1982-1990) and as communications director for New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman (1994-1997). His commentary appears on editorial pages of newspapers in New Jersey and Philadelphia as well as on news websites.

Carl Golden

Carl Golden

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