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Republicans Still Don't Get It Mar. 29, 2018
Well before Donald Trump threw his hat into the ring for the 2016 election, many of us had been warn... Read More
It's Trump's Party Now Oct. 27, 2017
"More is now required of us than to put down our thoughts in writing," declaimed Jeff Flake in his o... Read More
The Republican Establishment Strikes Oct. 20, 2017
In remarkable speeches this week, two members of what skeptics like to call the "Republican establis... Read More
Nixon and Trump, Then and Now May. 09, 2017
For two years, this writer has been consumed by two subjects. First, the presidency of Richard Nixon... Read More
Muddy Maxine Waters: What a Riot Apr. 26, 2017
Are you freaking kidding me? Thirteen-term Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Beltway barnacle ... Read More
Undermining Academic Achievement Mar. 01, 2017
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement, "The president's decision to ask Bets... Read More
Where Are We? Dec. 13, 2016
We are now in a kind of political no-man's-land between an administration on its way out and a new a... Read More
A Political 9/11 Changes Our World Nov. 10, 2016
Like the 2001 terrorist attacks, the Donald Trump upset win threatens Americans' sense of safety and... Read More
Despite Trump, Demotic Protest Politics Doesn't Always Fail Oct. 21, 2016
2016 has been a big year for protest politics — not just in the United States, what with Berni... Read More
An Establishment in Panic Oct. 21, 2016
Pressed by moderator Chris Wallace as to whether he would accept defeat should Hillary Clinton win t... Read More
Overthrow the Establishment to Fix the Economy Jun. 17, 2016
Famed investor Wilbur Ross recently told CNBC that "Trump represents a more radical new approach to ... Read More
Why Trump Must Not Apologize Jun. 10, 2016
"Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl." Donald Trump has internalized the max... Read More
Can We Reconcile the Trump Phenomenon With America's Founding Principles? Jun. 03, 2016
Apart from the endless question of who always will, who probably will, who may and who never will vo... Read More
Dear Bernie Bullies, I'm So Over You May. 18, 2016
In early August 1968, just weeks after Bobby Kennedy was killed, my father and I took a walk through... Read More
Conservatives for Trump? Apr. 26, 2016
The sudden appearance of Donald Trump on the political horizon last year may have been surprising, b... Read More
The 'No-Nonsense' Negotiator Apr. 16, 2016
In addition to winning more primaries, more convention delegates and 2 million more votes than any o... Read More
Wrongly Crying Foul for Political Gain Apr. 15, 2016
It's one thing to be upset with the so-called Republican establishment for failing to stand up to Ba... Read More
Establishment Endorsements Don't Make Ted Cruz an Insider Mar. 25, 2016
It is time to address the canard that endorsements for Sen. Ted Cruz from establishment Republicans ... Read More
The Rule-or-Ruin Republicans Mar. 22, 2016
"Things reveal themselves passing away," wrote W. B. Yeats. Whatever one may think of Donald Trump, ... Read More
