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A More Perfect and Lasting Union Jan. 21, 2021
It was a long 2020. It featured a pandemic, politics and economic hardships. Many of us are tired of... Read More
Led and Organized by Many Military Men and Women Jan. 21, 2021
I was at the Capitol as a broadcast journalist on Jan. 6, 2021, to cover the protest of the 2020 pre... Read More
We Have Our Marching Orders Jan. 21, 2021
Finally, we have a new president. Many of us are feeling a lot of excitement, buttressed by wave af... Read More
Donald Trump Is the Superspreader President Dec. 03, 2020
Judicial nominations normally have an impact on real-world events only in the long run, but Amy Cone... Read More
Beware of Trump: Losing and Unleashed in Limbo Oct. 14, 2020
President Donald Trump isn't making American history; he's breaking it. From the first day, he's br... Read More
Year Ends on Hard Note for Trump and Press Jan. 01, 2020
Hard rain's falling here in Washington as 2019 ends and the Newseum is closing to underline the drea... Read More
The 'What If' Question for the White House Apr. 28, 2019
WASHINGTON — The "what if" question of President Donald Trump's presidency is this: How would ... Read More
All Is Not Forgiven, Sean Spicer Sep. 20, 2017
On his first full day as president, Donald Trump showed up at the CIA, described journalists as "amo... Read More
The Circus Just Arrived -- at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Feb. 07, 2017
I'm starting to think the real reason the Barnum & Bailey circus is going out of business has nothin... Read More
2017: The Year Conservative Protests Are News Feb. 01, 2017
It shouldn't be considered remarkable that all three major broadcast networks offered a news story o... Read More
Having a Ball at the Ball Jan. 26, 2017
WASHINGTON — Last Friday, as guests of the Trump family, my wife, Jeanne, and I braved incleme... Read More
Even Heroes Should Be Held Accountable Jan. 24, 2017
Before the inauguration is just a distant dot in the rear view mirror, let's not forget the movement... Read More
Trump's Turn to Write the Check Jan. 23, 2017
To get it out of the way, I live in a poverty stricken midsized city in Massachusetts. We used to ha... Read More
The Opposition's Very Wrong First Step Jan. 21, 2017
In the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan instructed Haley Barbour — his White House political dir... Read More
Trump's Inauguration Is Not Without Precedent Jan. 20, 2017
The United States has just had three consecutive eight-year presidencies, and it's only the second t... Read More
The Better Angels Under Siege Jan. 20, 2017
One circus closes, another comes to town. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, "The Greate... Read More
New President, New World Jan. 20, 2017
"Don't Make Any Sudden Moves" is the advice offered to the new president by Richard Haass of the Cou... Read More
Obama's Best and Worst of Times Jan. 20, 2017
As the Barack Obama presidency dwindles down to the last day, there's no silent amen. Donald Trump ... Read More
President Trump Lays Down the Law Jan. 20, 2017
Lest people think that President Trump (it feels so good to write these words) was making it up as h... Read More
And Then I Cried Jan. 20, 2017
I made it through election night, and the morning after, and the endless portmortems. I kept remindi... Read More
