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Give Federal Workers Some Shutdown Relief Jan. 25, 2019
The federal shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, has lasted for more than 30 days, with no end in ... Read More
Pettiness Won't End Shutdown Jan. 24, 2019
Now the budget standoff has become a petty grade school snit, leaving us to wonder how much worse th... Read More
We Don't Like Anybody, Do We? Jan. 22, 2019
As the luminous Texas writer John Graves observed a few years back: "The Unco Guid and the Rigidly R... Read More
The Shutdown Necessarily Continues Jan. 18, 2019
The Democrats have long supported securing the border. But it is a signature initiative from Preside... Read More
Solve the Real Border Problem Jan. 15, 2019
President Donald Trump might or might not get a wall. Either way, we have a problem at the border, b... Read More
The Middle Way Jan. 15, 2019
One unremarked side effect of the uproar that goes by the name of Donald Trump is the hardening ever... Read More
Another Chance to End Gerrymandering Jan. 14, 2019
Last June, the Supreme Court fumbled an opportunity to deal a deathblow to political gerrymandering,... Read More
As Trump Digs in on Shutdown, Senate GOP Should Consider Veto Override Jan. 11, 2019
One easy solution to the three-week government shutdown appears to be growing more viable by the day... Read More
Strike a Deal on Wall Funding Jan. 09, 2019
It's depressing — but, at the same time, fitting — that the new Congress has come to tow... Read More
My New Year's Gift to Conservatives AND Liberals Jan. 06, 2019
Happy New Year. In my next column, I'll get back to the business of debating politics. Today's colum... Read More
Keeping the Shutdown in Perspective Jan. 03, 2019
In official Washington and the nation's political media world, the partial shutdown of the federal g... Read More
Shutdown Drama Is Getting Wearisome Dec. 20, 2018
Call this very familiar territory — with just a couple of days left to head off a partial shut... 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
Trump, Pelosi and Schumer in an Oval Office Cage Fight Dec. 13, 2018
An extraordinary bare-knuckles argument erupted Tuesday in the Oval Office between President Donald ... Read More
America's War of Independence, Civil Rights Movement Were Part of the Same Revolution Dec. 13, 2018
Many of our political differences today stem from different perceptions of American history. On the ... Read More
William Barr's Never-Ending War: Trump's Nominee for Attorney General Is Apt to Encourage His Worst Instincts on Drug Policy Dec. 12, 2018
William Barr, Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, believes the president has vast, unilater... Read More
Fake Praise for GHWB: Where Were Media When He Needed Them? Dec. 06, 2018
As with the passing of former President Ronald Reagan, the media are in full praise mode following t... Read More
George H.W. Bush Shows How to Live a Worthwhile Life Dec. 06, 2018
The life of former President George H.W. Bush leaves the culture focused on one noble personal trait... Read More
America Loses Its 'Point of Light' Dec. 04, 2018
George H.W. Bush brought to his presidency an old-school idealism rooted in his core belief that pol... Read More
A Tale of Two Presidents Dec. 04, 2018
President Donald Trump and the first lady's graceful tribute to the late George H.W. Bush underscore... Read More
