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Democrats Need to Shake Their Depression Jun. 27, 2017
Elvis said, "When things go wrong, don't go with them." Depression warps one's thinking. It saps ene... Read More
The Outlook After the Special Elections Jun. 23, 2017
The victory of Republican Karen Handel in the special election in Georgia's 6th Congressional Distri... Read More
Democratic Party More Bankrupt Than Ever Jun. 23, 2017
The Democrats' comprehensive meltdown after their fifth straight election loss is a spectacle worth ... Read More
For Hope, Stick With Millennials Apr. 26, 2017
On college campuses across America, spring semester is coming to an end. This can be an emotional ti... Read More
Reading the Kansas 4 and Georgia 6 Tea Leaves Apr. 21, 2017
What to make of the results of the first two of this spring's special House elections? Start off by ... Read More
Mired in the Present, They Won't Seize the Clean Energy Future Apr. 11, 2017
When Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908, America had almost no paved roads outside the cities... Read More
Facing a Deal Breaker? Mar. 13, 2017
Dear Annie: After a series of, let's just say, not-so-nice relationships, my best friend and old col... Read More
Wanting More Feb. 14, 2017
Dear Annie: I will very soon turn 68. I was with my ex-husband for 42 years before we divorced eight... Read More
Would We Rather Elect a Wacko Than a Woman? Jan. 11, 2017
The anecdote is so perfect, so polished, so delicious that it doesn't matter whether it is precisely... Read More
Where Are We? Dec. 13, 2016
We are now in a kind of political no-man's-land between an administration on its way out and a new a... Read More
Donald Trump and the Outstate Midwest Redraw the Partisan Lines Dec. 02, 2016
Would any Republican besides Donald Trump have beaten Hillary Clinton and been elected the 45th pres... Read More
The Not-Yet-Emerging Democratic Majority Nov. 22, 2016
What is to become of the Democratic Party? The world's oldest political party, which traces its root... Read More
The Party of Trump or Ryan? Oct. 28, 2016
In a little more than a week, the Republican Party will undergo a major realignment. Either it will ... Read More
The Politics These Two Unpopular Nominees Hath Wrought Oct. 25, 2016
In last week's third and (thank goodness) final presidential debate, each candidate did an excellent... Read More
The Importance of Keeping Donald Afloat Oct. 13, 2016
It seems ages ago, but recall when the second presidential debate was deemed the sink-or-swim moment... Read More
Main Street Shopping and the Internet Sep. 06, 2016
Wal-Mart is seeing the future, and the future isn't more shoppers driving through stop-and-go traffi... Read More
The Worst Case for Republicans: Trump Wins Sep. 04, 2016
Republicans enter the fall campaign in moods ranging from grim foreboding to howling despair. They f... Read More
Bank of America Rebounding Aug. 03, 2016
Dear Mr. Berko: My stockbroker wants me to buy 200 shares of Bank of America for my individual retir... Read More
Stop Bleeding Red Ink, Make America Sustainable Again Jul. 21, 2016
The Congressional Budget Office recently released its long-term budget outlook. There isn't much new... Read More
After the Election, Things Will Get Worse Jul. 07, 2016
Can American democracy survive this presidential election? We assume any framework that has endured ... Read More
