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Lessons From the Masters Apr. 16, 2019
Humans — particularly of the American variety — will knock you for a loop now and then. ... Read More
Stealing the Tools Apr. 15, 2019
When I was very young, maybe 40 years ago, I worked with a number of unreconstructed workingmen. The... Read More
Twitter Ain't America Apr. 12, 2019
An appropriately Twitteresque meme circulated recently on that platform: Write a sad story in just t... Read More
Under Trump, the Chaos Never Ends Apr. 11, 2019
Jeb Bush was the Cassandra of the 2016 presidential race. She was the figure in Greek mythology whos... Read More
A Cup of Yogurt Apr. 10, 2019
Recently, I was in Sacramento, California, and had an hour's delay before my flight left. I walked o... Read More
Playing Monopoly for Real Apr. 10, 2019
Shouting "Down with big government," today's tea party Trumpateers claim to be tax rebels — di... Read More
Refugees and, Maybe, What to Do About Them Apr. 09, 2019
We just can't kick the habit. Or the media can't, which comes to the same thing, given the media's h... Read More
As We Gape at Trump's Sideshow, Corporations Are Picking Our Pockets Apr. 03, 2019
As America rapidly urbanized in the 1920s and '30s, nearly every burgeoning city gave rise to a jumb... Read More
Why Joe May Be Courting Stacey Mar. 22, 2019
Of 895 slots in the freshman class of Stuyvesant High in New York City, seven were offered this year... Read More
'Us': Jordan Peele Would Like You To Be Very Afraid. You Won't Let Him Down. Mar. 22, 2019
Jordan Peele's "Us" is a very scary movie that doesn't add up, which is too bad. Peele's uber-nerd c... Read More
Two Years, Two Months of Trump: No Going Back Mar. 20, 2019
WASHINGTON — There's no going back after Donald Trump threatened the American people with mili... Read More
Trump Derangement Syndrome: Liberals Hate His Style, Not His Politics Mar. 18, 2019
All presidents suck, so I hate them. But it takes a special something to trigger me into full-on pre... Read More
Pessimistic About Politics, Optimistic About America Mar. 14, 2019
My latest book has a simple message built right into the title: "The Sun Is Still Rising: Politics H... Read More
To Pay for Reparations, Will Democrats Sue Themselves? Mar. 07, 2019
After the election and re-election of the country's first black president, who would have thought th... Read More
New Yorkers Do to Florida What Latin Americans Do to America Mar. 05, 2019
Given the constantly reiterated left-wing charge that opposition to massive immigration is racist an... Read More
Keep Door Open to Skilled Immigrants Mar. 05, 2019
President Donald Trump has made clamping down on illegal immigration a pillar of his administration.... Read More
Military Roles Don't Distinguish Between the Sexes; Neither Should the Draft Mar. 05, 2019
With greater equality comes greater responsibility. That's essentially what a federal judge said in ... Read More
Is the American Century Over For Good? Mar. 01, 2019
"Politics stops at the water's edge" was a tradition that, not so long ago, was observed by both par... Read More
2020 Prediction: Wooly and Wild Feb. 28, 2019
The 2020 presidential race is off and running. As the sitting president, Donald Trump is almost cert... Read More
A Washington Woman Sees San Francisco Anew Feb. 27, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO — It's been so long since I've seen you. You've lost some of that free bohemian ... Read More
