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Ellen DeGeneres Practices Tolerance; So Should You Oct. 11, 2019
In a deeply polarized nation, Ellen DeGeneres deserves praise for practicing tolerance toward others... Read More
Corrupt Politicians Should Stop Whining About Being Criticized and Do Their Jobs Jun. 14, 2019
No. I refuse. I don't care what they say. No way, no how will I make excuses for America's lazy, mor... Read More
What Will We, Voters, Be Looking For in Our Next President? Apr. 20, 2019
We Americans have a predictable reaction when a president in his performance or his conduct disappoi... Read More
Congress Grows a Spine: Thank Donald Trump for the Belated Attempt to Enforce the Constitution's Separation of Powers Mar. 20, 2019
The War Powers Resolution, which Congress passed in 1973, and the National Emergencies Act, which it... Read More
Nobody Knows Who Will Be the 2020 Presidential Nominees Feb. 23, 2019
Peter D. Hart, the respected Democratic pollster who has perfected his trade through his work in the... Read More
Why We Lost the Afghan War (Again) Feb. 01, 2019
Dec. 11, 2001: Three months after 9/11, two months after George W. Bush ordered bombs to begin raini... Read More
Iraqi 'Republic': No Christian Converts May. 16, 2018
The 2017 State Department report on human rights in Iraq, which was released last month, begins by u... Read More
Our Ex-Presidents' Insincere Praise of 'American Generosity' Nov. 02, 2017
All five living former Presidents recently came together at a benefit concert for victims of this ye... Read More
Let's Not Mirror Trump Jul. 20, 2017
In early 2006, the City Club of Cleveland invited President George W. Bush to speak. At the time, th... Read More
'Tax Cuts for the Rich'? May. 01, 2017
One of the painful realities of our times is how long a political lie can survive, even after having... Read More
After the Election, Things Will Get Worse Jul. 07, 2016
Can American democracy survive this presidential election? We assume any framework that has endured ... Read More
Bush Republicanism Is Dead and Gone May. 06, 2016
"The two living Republican past presidents, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, have no plans to e... Read More
The House that Scalia Built Feb. 19, 2016
WASHINGTON — Two waves broke this week: a pair of deaths on our national shore that changed ev... Read More
Desert Storm 25 Years Later Jan. 20, 2016
Twenty-five years ago this week, in the early hours of January 17, 1991, the remarkable Persian Gulf... Read More
Narratives Over Facts Nov. 27, 2015
Much of the media and Democratic Party obsess about narratives. It is not enough for reporters to re... Read More
Ending a Policy That's Failed for 50 Years Dec. 19, 2014
Listen carefully to the Republican leaders and presidential hopefuls roaring with outrage over Presi... Read More
What Voters Don't Know (Yet) About Jeb Bush Dec. 04, 2014
Whenever the deep thinkers of the Republican establishment glance at their bulging clown car of pres... Read More
Immigration, Impeachment and Insanity on the Republican Right Nov. 15, 2014
Obstructing, denouncing and demonizing Barack Obama are so central to the existence of the Republica... Read More
Social Security Gets More Politically Secure Dec. 24, 2013
Proposals to raise Social Security benefits are a refreshing antidote to portrayals of the program a... Read More
