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'Punching Up' Is American; 'Punching Down' Is Not Nov. 25, 2017
Americans have traditionally responded more positively to humor that "punches up" rather than "punch... Read More
Must We 'Believe' Juanita Broaddrick? No. Nov. 21, 2017
Whenever charges of sexual misconduct shoot through the air, an arrow or three hit Bill Clinton. Tha... Read More
Should Trump Be Able to Start a Nuclear War? Nov. 16, 2017
Every home should have some essential items around in case of a disaster or another emergency —... Read More
To Be a Great President, You First Have to Like Politics Nov. 04, 2017
On the consensus list of the most significant American presidents following George Washington, there... Read More
Keep Calm and Carry On Nov. 03, 2017
Keep calm and carry on. Those words, though not appearing as extensively on posters in wartime Brita... Read More
An American President and the World Oct. 28, 2017
The release by the Trump administration of thousands of pages of classified documents related to the... Read More
Who Will Not Be the 2020 Presidential Nominee Oct. 14, 2017
In 1963, the legendary Russell Baker, writing in The New York Times, explained how we in the press, ... Read More
Tension Between President and Congress Is Politics as Usual Sep. 22, 2017
For the first time in nearly 20 years, the president seems out of alignment, on policy and political... Read More
Why Trump Is So Wrong On Iran Sep. 22, 2017
The dangers of arrogance and ignorance are nowhere more starkly illustrated than in Donald Trump's O... Read More
Hillary Making Medea Rounds Sep. 15, 2017
So Hillary Clinton is on her Medea tour — ahem! — media tour. But this is a different v... Read More
While No One Was Looking Sep. 01, 2017
With all eyes focused, rightly, on Texas and the victims of Hurricane Harvey, it is easy to overlook... Read More
Can the GOP's Shotgun Marriage Be Saved? Aug. 29, 2017
Wednesday morning, Nov. 9, 2016, Republicans awoke to learn they had won the lottery. Donald Trump h... Read More
Trump's Deadly Ego Trip Aug. 11, 2017
Even before the embarrassing demise of his health care legislation, Donald Trump could no longer cla... Read More
Read This and Weep: Mike Pence for President Aug. 08, 2017
President Mike Pence. The words do not trip lightly off the tongue. But as special counsel Bob Muell... Read More
Donald Trump's Pathetic Lies Aug. 06, 2017
When Huey Long was running for office in Louisiana, he told crowds that as a boy on Sunday mornings,... Read More
Authentic Republican Wisdom Aug. 05, 2017
American campaigns were not always, I can testify from personal witness, about the politics of perso... Read More
Trump Steps on Message, Again, with Attorney General Comments Jul. 23, 2017
WASHINGTON — For weeks, observers were wondering when President Donald Trump would focus on pu... Read More
Why Trump Jr. Should Release More Emails Jul. 17, 2017
For many months, Donald J. Trump and his closest associates have assured Americans that their presid... Read More
Guiding Children in the Age of Trump Jul. 12, 2017
"You could be president some day." As recently as last year, this is what we told America's children... Read More
No Impact: Trump Jr. Nonsense 'Scandal' Has No Impact on Polls Jul. 12, 2017
The latest no-substance scandal to preoccupy Washington — the emails of Donald Trump Jr. ̵... Read More
