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Your Dog Knows Better Than to Let the GOP 'Fix' Our Postal System Jun. 02, 2021
It was surprising when Donald Trump declared he would make fixing the U.S. Postal Service one of the... Read More
Murder as a Public Service? May. 30, 2020
On the evening of May 14, 2020, in Omaha, Nebraska, James Fairbanks went to the home of Mattieo Cond... Read More
Social Security Offsets Affect Some Public Employees May. 20, 2020
I am continually amazed by the number of emails I get with questions about Social Security from peop... Read More
McCain's Valiant Last Stand Aug. 30, 2018
With both mourning and praise, it is proper and fitting to honor the passing of the revered statesma... Read More
What It Takes Apr. 12, 2017
For years, I have been trying to figure out what it will take to make my students care about politic... Read More
A Public Service Dec. 20, 2016
Sometimes someone inadvertently performs a public service by bringing an unbelievably stupid and dan... Read More
Admiring Foreign Leaders Oct. 05, 2016
Asked on a TV show to name a foreign leader he admires, Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gov... Read More
Character Truly Is Destiny May. 28, 2016
It turns out that Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher, knew exactly what he was talking about some 25 ... Read More
Commencement Season May. 24, 2016
This is the season of college Commencement speeches — an art form that has seldom been memorab... Read More
Keeping Up With the Clintons Jun. 26, 2014
It's time to pass the hat for Hillary Clinton. The former secretary of state has tried to distance h... Read More
