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Assaulting the Cleanup Crew Aug. 01, 2017
What do we take away, then, from the earthquake on the Senate floor last week, with wisps of smoke s... Read More
Missing Case for Republican Health Care Jul. 29, 2017
At 2 o'clock on a Friday morning in July — after having successfully run in three national ele... Read More
McCain's Better Idea on Health Care Jul. 28, 2017
Less than two weeks after undergoing brain surgery and a month after appearing dazed and confused du... Read More
Rising from Surgery, McCain Speaks on What Ails the Senate Jul. 28, 2017
The warhorse entered the Senate, stage right. John McCain looked, in his words, "a little worse for ... Read More
McCain the Patriot Jul. 22, 2017
In this unheroic era when prominent American males prove their abiding patriotism by prominently dis... Read More
Miss Austen Still Rules -- and Gives Fresh Air to Washington Jul. 21, 2017
WASHINGTON — High July 2017 is a watermark for Jane Austen, who died in her sister's arms 200 ... 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
Is McCain Hijacking Trump's Foreign Policy? Mar. 17, 2017
"The senator from Kentucky," said John McCain, speaking of his colleague Rand Paul, "is working for ... Read More
Lavrov vs. McCain: Is Russia an Enemy? Feb. 28, 2017
The founding fathers of the Munich Security Conference, said John McCain, would be "be alarmed by th... Read More
Short Circuit: Bill Aims to Deep-Six 9th Feb. 09, 2017
WASHINGTON — How big is the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals? The San-Francisco-based circuit... Read More
Obama's Inexcusable Commutation Jan. 20, 2017
I highly doubt that President Obama commuted Chelsea Manning's sentence out of compassion — an... Read More
Did I Say That? I Apologize Dec. 24, 2016
For your semi-faithful correspondent, 2016 has been a 12-month exercise in humility. I apologize to ... Read More
The Real Saboteurs of a Trump Foreign Policy Dec. 20, 2016
The never-Trumpers are never going to surrender the myth that Russian President Vladimir Putin order... Read More
Like Charity, Patriotism Begins at Home Dec. 17, 2016
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., holds an office higher than the presidency. John McCain is a patriot. Lik... Read More
Fame Is Brief; the Candle Flickers Dec. 14, 2016
It is late February 1984. We are in the Mall of New Hampshire in Manchester between Wong's Egg Rolls... Read More
Concession Is Good for the Soul Oct. 22, 2016
The first time I ever saw my sainted mother cry was late at night on Nov. 4, 1952, as she listened t... Read More
What's That Scent in the Air? Oct. 08, 2016
It is all but impossible for you or for me to understand, let alone appreciate, how painfully public... Read More
ISIS, Not Russia, Is the Enemy in Syria Oct. 07, 2016
Denouncing Russian air strikes on Aleppo as "barbaric," Mike Pence declared in Tuesday's debate: "Th... Read More
Will Musk Launch for Mars off the Backs of Taxpayers? Sep. 29, 2016
Elon Musk delivered a much-anticipated speech Tuesday at the 67th International Astronautical Congre... Read More
Bibi Backs Trump -- on Putin Sep. 16, 2016
Since Donald Trump said that if Vladimir Putin praises him, he would return the compliment, Republic... Read More
