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This Is What Happens When You Lose an Election Jul. 12, 2018
This is what happens when you lose an election. You get Justice Neil Gorsuch instead of the wonderfu... Read More
The Fireworks to Come Jul. 03, 2018
It was Justice Anthony Kennedy's resignation that did it. Last week was not, for fans of the Consti... Read More
Getting What She Deserves May. 31, 2018
Hurray for ABC. Hurray for Valerie Jarrett. And good riddance to Roseanne. If you had any remaining... Read More
The Sorry State of the Union Feb. 01, 2018
"Tonight," Donald Trump said, "I call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out commo... Read More
Is Trump Making You Sick? Nov. 29, 2017
I tried not to roll my eyes when an acquaintance, a woman I respect for her professional accomplishm... Read More
The Whiner in Chief Jul. 27, 2017
One thing you can say for this president: You know what he is thinking, even at 6:12 a.m. on a Tuesd... Read More
Be Outraged Jul. 12, 2017
If his love letters with the Russians weren't bad enough, Donald Trump Jr.'s sarcastic non-apology m... Read More
Whiner in Chief Jun. 16, 2017
You think you've got problems — health issues, money worries, trouble in the family? Your pro... Read More
Here We Go Again Jun. 14, 2017
Let's see: Whom can we blame? First of all, let us all agree that we stand together against violence... Read More
The Bear in the Woods Jun. 03, 2017
Moscow's favorite: That used to be us Democrats. We were the ones who had to worry — and we di... Read More
The Wonderful World of Wall Street May. 26, 2017
Ever since I got sideswiped and have been driving a rental car, I've been without my Pandora station... Read More
Missing Richard Nixon May. 17, 2017
There's an old saying that if you wait long enough, every historical figure gets rehabilitated ̵... Read More
Comey Is Gone, and the Worst Is Yet to Come May. 10, 2017
The news that President Donald Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey is not cause for celebration... Read More
Stomachaches May. 05, 2017
"It makes me mildly nauseous to think that we might have had some impact on the election," FBI Direc... Read More
Who Cares? May. 03, 2017
I was about to get into it with my son about President Donald Trump's suggestion that Andrew Jackson... 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
His Way or the Highway Mar. 24, 2017
What a leader. Faced with the certain defeat of his effort to take health insurance away from milli... Read More
Truth or Consequences Jan. 25, 2017
Our new president, it appears, believes that his power includes the right to lie, to insist that bla... Read More
And Then I Cried Jan. 20, 2017
I made it through election night, and the morning after, and the endless portmortems. I kept remindi... Read More
What Is the 'Trump Fix'? Dec. 21, 2016
In Donald Trump's presidential campaign, it was his frequent, unbridled slaps at Wall Street elites ... Read More
