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Another Corrosive Correspondents' Dinner Feb. 21, 2020
Washington journalists are rejoicing that celebrity glitz and glamour are returning with their self-... Read More
Medicare for Some ... Depending on Their Politics? Feb. 20, 2020
Twenty-three years ago, I was asked to give a talk to the New York City Bar Association as part of a... Read More
Politicians Have Not Stolen Social Security Money Feb. 19, 2020
I give lots of talks about Social Security. I've given thousands of them over the past 45 years. And... Read More
Health Care for People ... or for Corporate Profits? Feb. 12, 2020
When grassroots groups rise up against the corporate establishment trying to win some specific progr... Read More
We've Cut Too Deep Feb. 10, 2020
"Same knife cut the sheep cut the goat" —Cajun singer Horace Trahan, from the song of the same... Read More
Some Metaphors Are Beyond Comparison Feb. 05, 2020
We swim in a sea of metaphors. Our everyday conversations teem with the minnows of comparison: We bi... Read More
Hollywood Gets an Education Jan. 10, 2020
Ricky Gervais, the perpetually snarky British comedian, set social media on fire after he mocked arr... Read More
Falsehood Is the Infection Jan. 09, 2020
Here's a riddle: What do Victor Davis Hanson, Dennis Prager and Ricky Gervais have in common? Hanson... Read More
Office Pool 2020 Jan. 02, 2020
1) In 2020, President Donald Trump will... a. start a war with Iran. b. refuse to enforce Obamacar... Read More
Language of the 2010s: It Was What It Was Jan. 01, 2020
Well, that was fun. Whatever you call the past decade — "the Teens," "the Twenty Tens," "the T... Read More
The Great Revolt Enters a New Phase: How the Populist Uprising of 2016 Will Reverberate in 2020 Dec. 31, 2019
WESTBY, WISCONSIN — In a country increasingly engaged in national politics and divided, the ne... Read More
The Eternal and the Here and Now Dec. 27, 2019
Many people reading this will have already taken down their Christmas lights. Just a few decades ago... Read More
Politics in the Spirit Dec. 26, 2019
The spirit of goodwill can take us by surprise this season, without respect to religion (or even pol... Read More
Be a Blessing, and Stop the Holiday Outrage Dec. 20, 2019
This is the season of Advent for Christians. The season is not just about the event but about the ex... Read More
Be a Blessing, and Stop the Holiday Outrage Dec. 19, 2019
This is the season of Advent for Christians. The season is not just about the event but about the ex... Read More
Why the Left Doesn't Like Christmas Dec. 17, 2019
Many on the left (as opposed to liberals) have been warring on Christmas for more than a generation.... Read More
It May Not Build Character, but Politics Can Reveal Character Dec. 14, 2019
First, an anecdote circulating about the most courageously candid staff person in the White House al... Read More
'Tax the Rich' Is No Longer Just a Political Slogan Dec. 11, 2019
There's nothing inevitable about inequality. It's an injustice that the moneyed powers and their pol... Read More
Trump Gets Away With Stuff Because He Does Dec. 06, 2019
"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?... Read More
Are We Still Thankful? Nov. 22, 2019
Impeachment continues in Washington. The national press is fixated on it. Democrats, too, are fixate... Read More
