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Starter Steps in Case Anyone in Washington Is Interested in Fixing Our Broken Political System Aug. 19, 2022
One of the biggest reasons American politics have turned upside down over the past few years is grow... Read More
Biden Deserves a Second Term Aug. 11, 2022
The case for Joe Biden's presidency has always turned on two things: experience and character. Expe... Read More
In Washington, Honesty Is Such a Lonely Word Aug. 03, 2022
A favorite game of politicians, when reality does not conform to the facts they want, is to simply r... Read More
Congress' Insulting Agenda Jul. 13, 2022
Here's proof Washington politicians don't give a damn about our problems, and assume we're dumb enou... Read More
Orrin Hatch's Beltway Barnacle Legacy Apr. 26, 2022
Seven-term former U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah died last weekend, and accolades came pouring in fro... Read More
From Heroics to Histrionics, Americans Are Dragged Mar. 29, 2022
The horror in Ukraine offered a changed focus from the idiocy in Washington on what used to be norma... Read More
A Time for Politics -- and Religion Mar. 03, 2022
Lent began this week. In the Christian tradition, the Lenten period is a time of fasting and prayer,... Read More
Must Government Be a 'Big, Waddling, Sluggish Beast'? Feb. 18, 2022
Itinerant policy journalist Ezra Klein, now with the New York Times, has highlighted something inter... Read More
Will Congress Take Away Your Credit Card? Dec. 07, 2021
How would you feel about Congress snatching away your credit card or preventing you from participati... Read More
No, Kyrsten Sinema Is Not Like John McCain Oct. 21, 2021
I don't know Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, but I did know the late Sen. John McCain. Not at all intimately, t... Read More
Biden Faces a Long Fall With Chill Winds Sep. 22, 2021
WASHINGTON — Summer's light fades into fall now. Cicadas are singing, but they won't be for lo... Read More
Diary Notes: Washington Puts a Dark Past To Rest Sep. 15, 2021
WASHINGTON — The city starts a new season, after Sept. 11 remembrances. Congress returns from ... Read More
Short Stay in Bellingham Yields Big Fun Sep. 05, 2021
By Lesley Sauls Frederikson As our group wandered through downtown Bellingham, Washington, my colleg... Read More
This Should Bug You More Than Cicadas May. 27, 2021
A reasonable person living in the United States over the past seventeen years might have been occasi... Read More
This Should Bug You More Than Cicadas May. 26, 2021
A reasonable person living in the United States over the past seventeen years might have been occasi... Read More
Here Is What Republican Voters Really Believe in. It's a Shame the GOP Has No Idea May. 02, 2021
At least 74 million Americans voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Everyone I know believes ... Read More
Washington in a 51st State of Mind (and It's in Its DNA) Apr. 28, 2021
WASHINGTON — It's a tale of two women and a city. Statehood for the District of Columbia is no... Read More
The DC Statehood Power Grab Apr. 27, 2021
"How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg?" asked President Abraham Lincoln, who ans... Read More
Whether by Statehood or Annexation, D.C. Residents Need a Voice in Congress Apr. 27, 2021
The debate over whether to grant statehood to the District of Columbia is a hotly partisan one with ... Read More
No to DC Statehood Mar. 26, 2021
There are numerous principled reasons to oppose D.C. statehood. But, really, no arguments are more a... Read More
