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False Racism Accusations Don't Excuse the Real Thing Jul. 19, 2019
On a high wall overlooking the central court of the National Museum of African American History and ... Read More
Do Trump's Hawks Speak for Trump? Jun. 04, 2019
For a president who won his office by denouncing the Middle East wars into which George W. Bush and ... Read More
Mueller Report Meets A Low Barr Mar. 27, 2019
WASHINGTON — We didn't need Anderson Cooper to say on CNN what a good day it was for America. ... Read More
Trump's Right About 'Ridiculous' Misuse of US Forces Jan. 02, 2019
Donald Trump has been complaining for years about the promiscuous use of American military personnel... Read More
How the War Party Lost the Middle East Jan. 01, 2019
"Assad must go, Obama says." So read the headline in The Washington Post, Aug. 18, 2011. The story ... Read More
The Growing Republican Resistance to Trump Dec. 06, 2018
Congressional Republicans were once noted for their defiance of the executive branch, mobilizing reg... Read More
Are Republicans Born Wimps? Oct. 02, 2018
Republican leaders are "a bunch of wimps," said Jerry Falwell Jr. Conservatives and Christians need ... Read More
Good Golly, Ohio Aug. 08, 2018
Golly, the political landscape of Ohio is confounding. I say that as a lifelong Ohioan who knows tha... Read More
Lindsey Graham's Unjustifiable Call for War Jun. 13, 2018
Question: Has North Korea re-invaded South Korea since it signed an armistice 65 years ago suspendin... Read More
To Protect Mueller, Republican Silence May Be Shrewd Mar. 22, 2018
For congressional Republicans, having Donald Trump in the White House is like carrying around a vial... Read More
Why Is the GOP Terrified of Tariffs? Mar. 06, 2018
From Lincoln to William McKinley to Theodore Roosevelt, and from Warren Harding through Calvin Cooli... Read More
There's So Much Smoke. Why Worry About a Fire? Feb. 09, 2018
What are we to make of the GOP and Democrats' dueling scandal wars? So much information, so little t... Read More
Trump's Dancing Monkeys Break Bipartisan Hearts Jan. 09, 2018
Sen. Lindsey Graham's reputation as an honorable conservative lies like a ripped-up banana peel at t... Read More
Will Trump Start a Nuclear War With North Korea? Dec. 17, 2017
Given the improbable events of the past two years, it is almost impossible for anything to happen th... Read More
Understanding Republicans Dec. 02, 2017
It's important for us to remember that even though President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat, successf... Read More
The Rise of the Generals Apr. 28, 2017
Has President Donald Trump outsourced foreign policy to the generals? So it would seem. Candidate Tr... Read More
Trump's Wall Is Already Collapsing Apr. 02, 2017
Donald Trump spent more than a year rousing crowds with a simple promise: "I'll build a great, great... Read More
Jesse Jackson: 'You Drown When You Stop Kicking' Jan. 25, 2017
Jesse Jackson and Donald Trump both awakened on inauguration morning with troubled minds. You would ... Read More
The People Saved the Ethics Office, Not the Tweets Jan. 05, 2017
That went over well. In the darkness of night on a federal holiday, House Republicans voted to kill ... Read More
Hope for the Dreamers Dec. 09, 2016
If there has been one issue on which President-elect Donald Trump has been loud and clear, it is his... Read More
