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A President with a Rare Talent Jul. 04, 2017
I have long believed that Donald Trump has a special knack, a particular gift for making his most de... Read More
The Consent of the Governed Jun. 15, 2017
Last week, when former FBI Director James Comey gave his long-awaited public testimony about his app... Read More
France Leads the Anti-Trump 'Resistance' Jun. 15, 2017
When historians recount the downward spiral of Trumpian populism, they may very well start in France... Read More
A Presidency Consumed by Pettiness Jun. 14, 2017
Last month Donald Trump interrupted his own comments on Republican health care legislation to marvel... Read More
Let's Stop Acting as if the 2016 Campaign Were Still On Jun. 02, 2017
If you keep up with the news, you might think that the unpleasant and unedifying 2016 presidential c... Read More
Spying on You, Spying on Me, Spying on the President Jun. 01, 2017
"The makers of our Constitution ... conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone ... Read More
Kathy Griffin Apologizes for Gruesome Trump Photo but Backlash Builds Jun. 01, 2017
WASHINGTON — By Wednesday afternoon comedian Kathy Griffin had apologized for posing for a pho... Read More
Trump Acts Like a Competent, Conventional President Abroad May. 26, 2017
What a difference a week makes. On May 19, President Donald Trump took off in Air Force One for the ... Read More
Is President Trump in Trouble? May. 25, 2017
The bad news for President Donald Trump keeps coming his way, notwithstanding a generally bravura pe... Read More
The Missiles of Holy Week and the Rule of Law Apr. 13, 2017
The history of the world is the history of violence. I had planned to write this column about the mo... Read More
He Was Against Military Action in Syria Until He Was for It Apr. 11, 2017
Even many of President Donald Trump's most vocal critics are supporting his limited military respons... Read More
Trump's Cabinet Stacked With Advisers Who Have Military Ties Apr. 10, 2017
WASHINGTON — Before he was elected president, Donald Trump told biographer Michael D'Antonio t... Read More
The Serious Matter of Political Humor Mar. 18, 2017
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the only American elected president four times, had an often overlooked s... Read More
Did Obama Spy on Trump? Mar. 16, 2017
The question of whether former President Barack Obama actually spied on President Donald Trump durin... Read More
Trump and the Dems Need a Timeout Mar. 14, 2017
Many of us — no, make that most of us — have lost faith in important American institut... Read More
Why the Cuban Missile Crisis Matters Today Mar. 11, 2017
Gen. Charles de Gaulle, a French hero and statesman who did not lack for self-esteem, once stated, "... Read More
Concealing and Revealing Mar. 02, 2017
Last week, President Donald Trump erupted with fury over a series of public revelations of private f... Read More
'Partyism' Replaces Racism as the Great Divider Feb. 17, 2017
Pop culture once offered a needed respite from politics and the expression of personal opinion that ... Read More
Intellectual Honesty and Political Indifference Feb. 16, 2017
Over the past weekend, Trump administration officials offered harsh criticisms of the judicial inter... Read More
The President and the Courts Feb. 09, 2017
Last week, in a public courtroom in the federal courthouse in Seattle, the states of Washington and ... Read More
