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For the Sake of the Nation, Mr. President, Please Bow Out Nov. 09, 2023
Two news stories this week offer a dire assessment of America's current political moment. One is a W... Read More
This Isn't Rocket Science, GOP -- Figure It Out Nov. 09, 2023
Another election, another round of recriminations. I have ZERO confidence that the Republican Party ... Read More
'International Chaos' -- Connect the Dots to Biden Nov. 09, 2023
While in an airport restaurant during the 2020 presidential campaign, I met a chaplain who serves in... Read More
Is a Trump Renomination Really Inevitable? Nov. 03, 2023
Is it inevitable that Donald Trump will be the second person in history — Richard Nixon was th... Read More
A Time for Truth in America Nov. 01, 2023
Over the last week, one conservative Republican rose up, and one conservative Republican stepped dow... Read More
Mike Johnson: I Ain't Did Nothin' Oct. 31, 2023
Like the phrase "I never saw her before in my life" and "I swear I won't touch the stuff," the sente... Read More
In a Normal Party, the New House Speaker's Jan. 6 Role Would Be Disqualifying Oct. 30, 2023
Wednesday's split-screen news cycle presented an ironic juxtaposition regarding the current state of... Read More
Can a New Speaker Reinstate an Old Norm? Oct. 27, 2023
After a little more than three weeks, House Republicans have finally elected a speaker. He's Mike Jo... Read More
Lying Proves a Winning Strategy in Both Middle East and United States Oct. 25, 2023
Mark Twain supposedly said, "A lie can travel around the world and back again while the truth is lac... Read More
Biden Defends Democracy While House Republicans Have a Political Food Fight Oct. 24, 2023
Americans last week were presented with a real-time demonstration of the stark contrast between resp... Read More
A Divided -- and Rudderless -- U.S. House Oct. 20, 2023
Only days ago, when U.S. House Republicans ousted Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the... Read More
Nikki Rising Oct. 18, 2023
Latest RealClearPolitics presidential match-up polling shows Nikki Haley defeating President Joe Bid... Read More
In Speaker Fight, Rep. Wagner Summons the Courage To ... Oh, Wait, Never Mind Oct. 18, 2023
The Post-Dispatch Editorial Board on Monday morning was prepared to take an unusual stance: The boar... Read More
The Sinking Showboat Oct. 18, 2023
There is an element in the Republican Party that is completely at peace with losing elections. All o... Read More
JD Vance's Support for UAW Should Surprise No One, Given His Life Experiences Oct. 17, 2023
TOLEDO, Ohio — At the heart of who the United Auto Workers union members are and what they wan... Read More
Trump's Recent Rhetoric Reminds Us Who He Is -- and Why He's Unfit for Office. Oct. 13, 2023
It's a disturbing oddity of our current political era that a leading presidential candidate can sugg... Read More
As Israel Bravely Fights, Missouri Politicians Cynically Score Cheap Points. Oct. 12, 2023
America's domestic politics must stop at the water's edge, goes the old saying. These days, we may d... Read More
German Nazism's Successor: Islamic Nazism Oct. 10, 2023
"In every generation they arise to annihilate us." That statement appears in the Haggadah, the book ... Read More
Matt Gaetz Didn't Oust McCarthy. He Just Helped Democrats Do It. Oct. 06, 2023
Kevin McCarthy has become the first House speaker to ever be successfully ousted in a motion to vaca... Read More
McCarthy Paid for Enabling the Extremism of His Party. Only Voters Can Fix It. Oct. 06, 2023
So this is what it took for the U.S. House to finally show a little bipartisanship: Eight Republican... Read More
