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It Piles Up, This Stuff in Our Way Jan. 16, 2020
On Monday, singer John Legend, a star by any measure, tweeted his choice for president to his 13.2 m... Read More
Can Joe Biden Run This Marathon? Sep. 06, 2019
Thursday, Sept. 14, looks to be a fateful day in the half-century-long political career of Joe Biden... Read More
A Multicultural Mugging of Uncle Joe Aug. 02, 2019
In his opening statement at Wednesday's Democratic debate in Detroit, Joe Biden addressed Donald Tru... Read More
Relief for Victims of Pot Prohibition: Cory Booker's Marijuana Justice Act Highlights Moral Imperative of Automatic Expungement Mar. 06, 2019
Cory Booker's Marijuana Justice Act, which he reintroduced last week, would rehabilitate the much-ma... Read More
Romney Has the Wrong Idea Jan. 04, 2019
Mitt Romney is the definition of bitter. Still reeling that Donald Trump is president and not him &#... Read More
For Missouri, 2018 Brought Toppled Politicos, Jobs Lost to Trade Wars and Vanishing Data Dec. 28, 2018
For Missouri, 2018 was a year of political exits that rocked the state and drew national attention. ... Read More
McCaskill's Exit Further Shrinks America's Political Middle Ground Dec. 19, 2018
Missouri's top-ranking Democrat is on her way out of elective politics, taking with her the last ves... Read More
A Record Number Of Women in Congress Could Mean a Sea Change on Health Care Dec. 12, 2018
In January, America will seat a record number of women in Congress. It's an encouraging trend, but o... Read More
There's No Laugh Line in a Lynching Nov. 14, 2018
Earlier this year, on April 26, a new museum dedicated to the victims of American white supremacy op... Read More
Election Shows Our Democracy Works Nov. 12, 2018
The results of Tuesday's midterm elections were a mixed bag across the country. But regardless of ho... 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 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
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
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
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
McCain Has Chosen Not to Forgive and Forget. Can You Really Blame Him? May. 15, 2018
If you want to lose faith in humanity, just glance at a few of the many angry comments posted on soc... Read More
An Officer, Gentleman, Senator May. 09, 2018
At lunch in the Senate Dining Room, the man knocked on the table in a burst of taps. Senator John Mc... Read More
A Senator with Principles and Courage Mar. 28, 2018
When Zell Miller arrived in the United States Senate in 2000 after spending most of his adult life i... Read More
If She's an American Indian, I'm Chinese Mar. 27, 2018
It's not exactly breaking news that Donald Trump can be petty and needlessly vindictive. Or that he ... Read More
Underestimating the Voters' Intelligence -- and Paying for It Feb. 24, 2018
Politics can be both cruel and unsentimental. Consider the case of Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., known... Read More
