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Obama Crowns Himself to a Third Term Dec. 29, 2016
Still shell-shocked from his party's Nov. 8 beating, President Barack Obama said, "I'm confident tha... Read More
Did I Say That? I Apologize Dec. 24, 2016
For your semi-faithful correspondent, 2016 has been a 12-month exercise in humility. I apologize to ... Read More
Democrats Care About Their Power, Not About Russian Hacking Dec. 23, 2016
Isn't it interesting that it took an electoral barnyard beat-down to get the Democrats interested in... Read More
Putin and Trump: a Very Odd Couple Dec. 23, 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin is portrayed by "Saturday Night Live" as a bare-chested Santa Claus... Read More
Not a Lot of Comfort and Joy as Obama's Legacy Starts to Go Dark Dec. 23, 2016
I'm dreaming of a bleak Christmas, my mind full of the ways Barack Obama's presidency is going down ... Read More
The Abortion Battle Ahead -- and a Way out of It Dec. 22, 2016
In the presidential campaign, no issue separated Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton more starkly than ... Read More
Language of 2016 Was a 'Dumpster Fire' Dec. 21, 2016
The year gone by, oh, what a mess. It left our language in distress. The venom of election fuss With... Read More
How the Political Rules Changed in 2016 Dec. 20, 2016
Over the 40-some years that I have been working or closely observing the political campaign business... Read More
The Real Saboteurs of a Trump Foreign Policy Dec. 20, 2016
The never-Trumpers are never going to surrender the myth that Russian President Vladimir Putin order... Read More
Two Kinds of Power Dec. 20, 2016
If we could just, at last, finally get the right government in! Then we'll get things fixed. What ki... Read More
Hollywood Does Orwell Dec. 18, 2016
When you see videos of Hollywood celebrities — like the latest with Martin Sheen, Debra Messin... Read More
Don't be Faked Out by 'Fake News' Dec. 17, 2016
Here comes another one of those things branded as an imminent threat to public safety, a lurking evi... Read More
The Electoral College, the Hottest Thing in Town Dec. 16, 2016
WASHINGTON — Glum, my head is not dancing with visions of sugar plums as Christmas comes near.... Read More
'You're Fired!' Becomes 'You're Hired!' Dec. 16, 2016
On his television reality show, "The Apprentice," viewers could see that Donald Trump took a certain... Read More
Did the Russians Hack Hillary? Dec. 15, 2016
Earlier this week, leaders of the Democratic National Committee and former officials of Hillary Clin... Read More
The Power of the President Dec. 14, 2016
For decades, political science students have been taught the late Richard Neustadt's battle-tested m... Read More
'But the Democrats are Hypocrites!' Dec. 14, 2016
This week, the Washington Post reported that the CIA now believes that Russian-supported hacks of th... Read More
Some Free Advice for the Democratic Party Dec. 13, 2016
Herewith some unsolicited free advice for the Democratic Party. Whether it's worth more than the pri... Read More
To the Miffed: Please Stop Your Trump Hysterics Dec. 12, 2016
To many of us, perhaps the only thing more surprising than Donald Trump's astonishing Election Day v... Read More
Press Needs Pressing After a Hard Presidential Season Dec. 09, 2016
WASHINGTON — All the press buzz is about the press itself lately. It's no secret, the Fourth E... Read More
