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Pope Francis Shepherded His Flock With Love and Grace Apr. 22, 2025
SAN DIEGO — Jacqueline Kennedy really had a good bead on the Catholic Church. "The Church may... Read More
Dear Secretary Kennedy, CURE LONG COVID Feb. 15, 2025
You made it. There are any number of reasons you should not have been confirmed, but Republicans wer... Read More
RFK Jr. Is In It To Win It, Not Spoil It Mar. 28, 2024
WASHINGTON — At a time when Democrats dismiss MAGA voters as gullible and angry and Republican... Read More
The Kennedy Story Was Never That Hot Aug. 10, 2023
America's political scribes would do us a favor if they would drop the word "storied" before the nam... Read More
There Is Another Kennedy on the Horizon; Why is the Biden Administration Refusing Him Secret Service Protection? Aug. 03, 2023
WASHINGTON — What has happened to the Democratic Party? Its elites have only one old codger ru... Read More
RFK Jr.'s Threat to Biden May. 01, 2023
Joe Biden is a nostalgia president. He's a link to the Obama era, of course. But he's also a living ... Read More
The Brown Catholic Air Nov. 25, 2022
When President John F. Kennedy died, he took the brown Catholic air with him. The brown Catholic air... Read More
Discovered, the Political Libido Aug. 04, 2022
WASHINGTON — In August, I retreat from the hurly-burly of the contemporary world to the relati... Read More
Family Interests Do Not Belong in Public Affairs Mar. 31, 2022
Powerful politicians have this bad habit of elevating members of their family — or the family ... Read More
From JFK to Joe Biden Apr. 15, 2021
Washington — In predicting what we can expect to be the achievements of President Joe Biden, l... Read More
English as She Is Spoke, and Why People Are Wrong So Often Sep. 04, 2020
An old editor once told me, "If everyone believes it, it's probably wrong," which is why Rep. Joseph... Read More
Remember: American Politics Is Very Imitative May. 25, 2019
It's a better than even bet that in Massachusetts today there is more than one ambitious young Democ... Read More
Is a Trump Court in the Making? Jul. 10, 2018
If Mitch McConnell's Senate can confirm his new nominee for the Supreme Court, President Donald Trum... Read More
GOP Must Move Quickly on SCOTUS Nominee to Prevent Damage in Midterms Jun. 28, 2018
As welcome as is the chance to appoint another staunch conservative to the Supreme Court to replace ... Read More
Labor Thuggery at the Supreme Court Feb. 28, 2018
Organized labor took off the gloves Monday, warning the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court that free... Read More
Clinton Voter? Trump Fan? Let's Have a Cookie! Feb. 09, 2017
Want to start an argument? No? Well, that's strange. Seems as if arguing is right up there with eati... Read More
Those Were the Days on Nantucket Sound Nov. 25, 2016
The new memoir about the Kennedys, "The Nine of Us," is a lyrical looking glass into a time that fee... Read More
Paper 'Profits' Raise Serious Collectible Concerns Sep. 04, 2014
In 1999, the U.S. Mint struck gold when it released the first coin in their "50 State Quarters" coin... Read More
A Few Valuable Collector Updates Apr. 10, 2014
In the past few weeks, there have been loads of things going on with key collectibles — some o... Read More
On Our Highest Court, a Former Lobbyist Guts Campaign Finance Reform Apr. 04, 2014
For a large and bipartisan majority of Americans, the increasing power of money in politics is deepl... Read More
