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On Being Too Nice in Politics Jan. 04, 2019
Mitt Romney's declaration of independence from Donald Trump as he takes his seat in the U.S. Senate ... Read More
Guilty As Charged Sep. 29, 2018
Not for the first time, the criticism reads: "Why don't you admit it, Shields? You reflexively like ... Read More
The Other Donald Trump Sep. 13, 2018
Imagine, just for a minute, that after the 2016 election, the other Donald Trump had gotten elected.... Read More
Not Taking Oneself Too Seriously Sep. 08, 2018
Mostly missing from the moving and deserved tributes to Sen. John McCain was attention to McCain's g... Read More
Metaphor in a Government-Founded Church Sep. 06, 2018
Last week, I was intrigued by all the fanfare attendant upon the national farewell to the late Sen. ... Read More
The Flawed Retrospectives on John McCain Sep. 05, 2018
The passing of Senator John McCain was marked by a sea of eulogies mourning the end of an era of civ... Read More
McCain's Greatest Gift to Obama Sep. 05, 2018
WASHINGTON — He spoke more eloquently in death than in life. With a grand farewell, the presi... Read More
Death Be Not Loud Sep. 05, 2018
Question: What is more cringe-inducing than a celebrity funeral? Answer: Two back-to-back celebrity ... Read More
John McCain: Warm Remembrances of Roads Not Taken, or Taken and Now Abandoned Aug. 31, 2018
Warm remembrances of Sen. John McCain have been filling the political air since his death last weeke... Read More
Cultural Myths From John McCain to Spike Lee Aug. 31, 2018
We don't live in an age of heroes. Hateful animosities, vicious polarities and unrelieved political ... Read More
Please Speak Ill of the Dead Aug. 31, 2018
"Too soon!" That was a standard response to my criticisms of John McCain after his death. My cartoon... Read More
John McCain and Me Aug. 30, 2018
About four years ago, I was browsing through one of Manhattan's last remaining independent bookstore... Read More
McCain's Valiant Last Stand Aug. 30, 2018
With both mourning and praise, it is proper and fitting to honor the passing of the revered statesma... Read More
How McCain Paved the Way for Trump Aug. 29, 2018
John McCain held Donald Trump in deserved contempt, and Trump mocked and detested him in return. But... Read More
McCain Leaves a Legacy That Matters Aug. 29, 2018
An American hero died Saturday. Allies and opponents of Sen. John McCain mourn, without regard to po... Read More
August Farewells to McCain -- and Another Great, Too Aug. 29, 2018
WASHINGTON — I wept for the senator who showed me, as a rookie reporter, that I might be worth... Read More
What I Want to Remember About John McCain Aug. 29, 2018
On May 14, 1973, two months after John McCain's release from a North Vietnamese prison, U.S. News & ... Read More
Are the Interventionists Now Leaderless? Aug. 28, 2018
"McCain's Death Leaves Void" ran The Wall Street Journal headline over a front-page story that began... Read More
The Death of a Hero Aug. 27, 2018
The president's former campaign chairman stands convicted of eight felony counts. The president's fo... Read More
Death of a Patriot Aug. 27, 2018
John McCain's exit from life and politics has commentators of all sorts falling into interpretive co... Read More
