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Nov. 7th: 'National Shrink Emergency Day' Oct. 14, 2018
It's coming. Get ready. A huge GOP victory on Nov. 6 is on the way. For more than a decade, I've be... Read More
Fortunately, Our Society Is Not As Polarized As Our Politics Oct. 11, 2018
In the wake of the politically toxic dialogue of recent weeks, it's refreshing to note that 63 perce... Read More
Trump 2020? Oct. 05, 2018
I have wobbled back and forth on the idea of supporting President Donald Trump in 2020. I opposed hi... Read More
How I Knew Trump Would Win Sep. 16, 2018
As you read this column, I'll be in Denver addressing the International Association of Political Con... Read More
Elections Have Consequences Sep. 06, 2018
Labor Day is past. Most schools have begun. And the mad dash to Election Day is here. This week's ne... Read More
How to Explain Trump's Behavior Jul. 20, 2018
We may never know what took place behind closed doors in Helsinki between President Donald Trump and... Read More
Taking the Disraeli Test Jul. 07, 2018
Benjamin Disraeli, a 19th-century British prime minister and writer, shrewdly advised that to be a s... Read More
The GOP's Secret Weapon Apr. 17, 2018
Paul Ryan, the GOP leader in the House, says he won't run for re-election — the latest warning... Read More
Losers Blame the Voters Mar. 17, 2018
On Nov. 4, 2008, American voters faced the happy task of choosing between two popular presidential n... Read More
Is the GOP Staring at Another 1930? Mar. 16, 2018
After the victory of Donald Trump in 2016, the GOP held the Senate and House, two-thirds of the gove... Read More
Democrats Need to Drop Identity Politics -- Now Nov. 30, 2017
Bernie Sanders helped elect Donald Trump, and for that he will never be forgiven. But give this to S... Read More
Democrats, Though Not All, Learn How to Win Elections Nov. 09, 2017
We hear that Democrat Ralph Northam's decisive win in the race for Virginia governor was extra extra... Read More
House Republicans' Frustrations May Doom Their Majority Sep. 15, 2017
The Founding Fathers didn't expect that serving in Congress would be a lifetime career. And for a ce... Read More
A Slap (or Not) From My Pop Aug. 07, 2017
When I was a kid, and I did something wrong, I got punished. But Pop had standards. Sometimes, I'd d... Read More
Will Trump Republicans Avoid the Off-Year Curse? Jul. 07, 2017
Curious fact, and one disquieting for Republicans looking ahead to 2018: In the past 65 years, start... Read More
Voter Integrity or Intrusion? Jul. 07, 2017
President Donald Trump's obsession with proving he won the election has gone from the slightly ridic... Read More
Democrats -- and Republicans -- Lack Credibility on Economic Issues Jun. 30, 2017
Liberal writers and political operatives, now that it's finally dawning on them that no one is going... Read More
A New Iran Policy Jun. 30, 2017
Five-plus months into the Trump administration, the outlines of a new foreign policy remain unclear.... Read More
The New/Old Politics of Capital vs. Countryside Apr. 28, 2017
Capital vs. countryside — that's the new political divide, visible in multiple surprise electi... Read More
Partisan Lines Stay Fixed Amid Trump Turmoil Feb. 17, 2017
Amid the turmoil of the first month of the Trump administration, with courts blocking his temporary ... Read More
