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Trump's Phantom Tax Cut Reveals What a Failure the Real One Has Been Oct. 30, 2018
There is a devious simplicity to President Donald Trump's latest strategy to boost Republicans in th... Read More
Not About Left vs. Right, but Insider vs. Outsider Oct. 30, 2018
Democrats have had all of the opportunity in the world to win and win big in this year's midterm ele... Read More
'Caravan' Just Turned Blue Wave into Red Tsunami Oct. 28, 2018
I was one of the only commentators in the media who predicted a presidential victory for Donald Trum... Read More
How Much Longer Can We Keep It? Oct. 26, 2018
On the day pipe bombs arrived at CNN, Barack Obama's office and Hillary Clinton's home, The New York... Read More
Predictably, Republicans Hint that Tax-Plan Deficit Justifies Entitlement Cuts Oct. 26, 2018
So it begins. As congressional Republicans ushered in last year's big tax cuts, saying they would pa... Read More
The Dystopian Election Oct. 26, 2018
Having just returned from a three-week trip to Asia, I feel as if I've landed in the middle of a dys... Read More
The Left Will Never Thrive Without Its Own Smart, Entertaining and Well-Funded Media Organization Oct. 26, 2018
The U.S. occupation of Afghanistan is in its 17th year, with no end in sight. The U.S. has killed 1 ... Read More
The 'Voter ID Is Racist' Con Oct. 25, 2018
Add late-night comic Trevor Noah to the list of ill-informed lefties who consider voter identificati... Read More
Dems Repeating GOP Mistakes of 1998 Oct. 25, 2018
The Democratic Party is in the process of repeating the same mistakes the Republicans made as the 19... Read More
A Bawdyhouse of Bad Right-Wing Ideas Oct. 24, 2018
Ideally, elections are about ideas. In our dark times of money-soaked, bitterly negative campaigns, ... Read More
Republican Worship of Tax Cuts Has Again Been Debunked by Deficit Numbers Oct. 22, 2018
When congressional Republicans last year passed their massive, deficit-funded tax cut, they promised... Read More
Trump's Base Returns in the Nick of Time Oct. 22, 2018
The voters who elected Donald Trump in 2016 are returning to him just as the midterms approach. With... Read More
Americans Are Living High at the Expense of Posterity Oct. 21, 2018
When the first world war ended 100 years ago, no one had to be told that it was an important event. ... Read More
Democrats Coming out of Closet Oct. 21, 2018
I remember giving a speech about a decade ago at a large GOP event in San Francisco. I opened the ev... Read More
What Gerald Ford Could Teach Beto O'Rourke in 2018 Oct. 20, 2018
When people learn that I have spent the past 50 years either working in or covering the past 13 pres... Read More
Together, Illinois Gubernatorial Candidates Might Have a Plan to Fight Gun Violence Oct. 19, 2018
For all their disagreements on a variety of major policy issues, Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Raun... Read More
Blue-State Republicans Turn to Democrats Oct. 18, 2018
You'd think that with stocks still up for the year and the new tax law smiling on big earners, the f... Read More
Trump Slams 'Very Unfair' Drug Sentences: The President's Comments Could Improve the Prospects for Federal Penal Reform Oct. 17, 2018
Kanye West's literal embrace of Donald Trump was all over the news last week. The president's rhetor... Read More
Midterms About Future of American Freedom Oct. 17, 2018
According to the Pew Research Center, 66 percent of those supporting Democratic candidates and 18 pe... Read More
Front-Porch Politics Oct. 17, 2018
If you despair that a mysterious plague of incurable political knuckleheadism has swept our country,... Read More
