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Chelsea Clinton's Cheerleading Cult Apr. 19, 2017
How thirsty does Variety look begging readers to join it in doing high V cheerleading moves for Chel... Read More
Our Three Presidents Born in 1946 Apr. 14, 2017
With the inauguration of Donald Trump this year, we have now had, for the first time in our history,... Read More
The President Is Allowed to Change His Mind Apr. 13, 2017
WASHINGTON — It looks like former President Obama's national security adviser Susan Rice will ... Read More
Liberals Find Community, and That Could Be Big Apr. 06, 2017
During the presidential campaign, many Hillary Clinton voters in Atlanta's suburbs thought they were... Read More
Dealing With a Polarized Political Climate Apr. 04, 2017
Dear Annie: I need a pep talk, and I imagine millions of others do, too. I am an informed and involv... Read More
Sanctuary Now! Sanctuary Forever! Apr. 03, 2017
"Segregation now! Segregation forever!" is what the pols used to roar in the old "Hey, Boy! We don't... Read More
If at First You Don't Succeed, Get Back on the 'Repeal and Replace' Horse Mar. 30, 2017
After last week's Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill debacle, President Donald Trump and the House Re... Read More
The Coming Fiscal Binge Mar. 30, 2017
William Safire said that as a speechwriter for Richard Nixon, he would sometimes urge the president,... Read More
The Serious Matter of Political Humor Mar. 18, 2017
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the only American elected president four times, had an often overlooked s... Read More
The Pivot in the Age of Anger Mar. 03, 2017
President Donald Trump has been president for only a little more than a month, and writers, pundits,... Read More
Grappling With the Trust Gap Feb. 25, 2017
SAND PATCH, Pa. — For more than 100 years, trains have battled the steep grade from Washington... Read More
What the Elites Still Don't Get About American Politics Feb. 23, 2017
The Democratic Party's alienation of and from working-class voters might be new. But the existence o... Read More
The End of the Cold War and 2017 American Politics Feb. 18, 2017
In 1988, a full year before the Berlin Wall came down and the Soviet empire broke up, Georgy Arbatov... Read More
'Partyism' Replaces Racism as the Great Divider Feb. 17, 2017
Pop culture once offered a needed respite from politics and the expression of personal opinion that ... Read More
Intellectual Honesty and Political Indifference Feb. 16, 2017
Over the past weekend, Trump administration officials offered harsh criticisms of the judicial inter... Read More
The Super Bowl Drove Me Gaga Feb. 09, 2017
WASHINGTON — For me the football season begins in mid-December (when everyone becomes serious)... 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
Can the Super Bowl Save America? Feb. 08, 2017
It's been several decades since American politics has been so contentious. According to a Reuters/Ip... Read More
Continuing in Obama's Path Feb. 03, 2017
For eight years, conservatives — rightly, in my view — railed against the imperial presi... Read More
On Trump, Conservatives Have Little Choice but to Take it Issue by Issue Feb. 03, 2017
Resist?! Sure. What would you have us resist? Everything. There's an expectation — and often ... Read More
