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The Gambler: RBG and the Trump Campaign Aug. 27, 2019
Over the weekend, the media took notice of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's apparently successful treat... Read More
Decorum in the Trump White House Aug. 25, 2019
WASHINGTON — I got into a Twitter war with radio talk show host Sebastian Gorka last week. It ... Read More
Democrats Join Trump in Seeking Balance by Policing Speech: The Constitutional Amendment They Support, Like President's Plan to Regulate Social Media, Trusts Government to Moderate Political Debate Aug. 14, 2019
Donald Trump wants to regulate social media, while Democrats want to regulate political spending. Bo... Read More
Trump Exposes Democrat Attachment to Sharpton Jul. 31, 2019
There is clearly a method in Donald Trump's Twitter madness. During the latest furor over Trump's t... Read More
Baltimore, Land of Political Footballs Jul. 31, 2019
Back in April 2015, a young black man named Freddie Gray was arrested by the Baltimore Police Depart... Read More
Going Slow Turkey From Donald Trump Jul. 18, 2019
This summer, I'm taking a tip from the Chantix turkey. You may have seen the ads for Chantix, a drug... Read More
The News Cycle Without Trump's Tweets Jul. 17, 2019
Let's pretend President Trump didn't tweet. Let's live in a universe where the president of the Unit... Read More
The Moral Cowards of Twitter Jun. 21, 2019
Here's a thought experiment for you: Your government, the one your tax dollars fund, is systematical... Read More
Tweets, Stock Prices and Donald Trump Jun. 13, 2019
President Donald Trump's tweets often set off big gyrations in stock prices. Anyone who knows of the... Read More
Trump Claims a Weird Win After Collapse of Tariff Threat Against Mexico Jun. 11, 2019
President Donald Trump is trying to put a happy face on the overwhelming embarrassment he suffered l... Read More
Selfie-Inflicted Deaths a Sign of Bigger Problems Jun. 07, 2019
By November 2013, the term "selfie" had been used so frequently that the Oxford English Dictionary c... Read More
It's Springtime, Not Screentime. Teens Need to Put Their Phones Down and Live. May. 28, 2019
High school students from four St. Louis-area districts gathered on a Saturday afternoon in mid-May ... Read More
Don't Let Zuckerberg Kill Free Speech May. 15, 2019
This week, representatives from Facebook, Google and Twitter will join with European leaders and the... Read More
Joe McCarthy Wasn't Wrong, Just Early Apr. 29, 2019
In a recent column of mine, I commented, "Joe McCarthy wasn't wrong, just early." I was being flippa... Read More
Short Takes on Republicans Gone Wild and Robocall Reflux Apr. 29, 2019
Enough Already The longest-serving Republican state legislator in, of all places, Iowa announced Tue... Read More
Joe McCarthy Wasn't Wrong, Just Early Apr. 28, 2019
In a recent column of mine, I commented, "Joe McCarthy wasn't wrong, just early." I was being flippa... Read More
The Most Successful Presidents Keep to Themselves -- Not Twitter Apr. 26, 2019
"The Mueller report makes Trump look vain, ignorant, inept, and astonishingly dishonest." So writes ... Read More
Why Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Tweeted About 'Easter Worshippers' Apr. 23, 2019
Sometimes, a few sentences tell you more about a person — and, more importantly, an ideology &... Read More
Trump's Plan to Use Migrants for Political Payback Marks New Low. Apr. 16, 2019
A White House plan to bus migrant detainees into sanctuary cities and release them there as politica... Read More
Twitter Ain't America Apr. 12, 2019
An appropriately Twitteresque meme circulated recently on that platform: Write a sad story in just t... Read More
