Search Content
Newsom Needs To Defend California Before Running For President Jul. 29, 2025
SAN DIEGO — Crafting a column can be an unpredictable endeavor. That is especially true when y... Read More
Politicians and the Kitchen Table Aug. 23, 2024
This morning, I had breakfast in a street corner joint called "Rosaria's." Rosaria is the woman who ... Read More
Is Joe Biden Really Such a Good Guy? Jul. 03, 2024
WASHINGTON — Ever since Thursday's debate, it has been clear to the American public that a men... Read More
The 10% Rule: These Congressional Districts All Elected Democrats Sep. 28, 2023
Call it the 10% rule: If 10% or more of the workers in a particular congressional district were civi... Read More
Health Care Costs Soar Under Polis Jul. 26, 2023
Politicians understand they get positive traction by simply telling the public how much they care ab... Read More
What? Progress in Mississippi? Seriously? May. 17, 2023
There's a common political refrain among Texas progressives: "Thank God for Mississippi." Our own st... Read More
When Will Politicians Start Caring About People's Actual Problems? Jul. 02, 2021
When you crank out five editorial cartoons and a couple of opinion essays a week, not to mention opi... Read More
Facebook's Stern Warning to Trump Probably Won't Change His Behavior Jun. 10, 2021
Donald Trump is now banned for two years from posting on Facebook, a fitting sentence for a dishones... Read More
Why Americans Don't Believe Anything: Example 10,423 Dec. 04, 2020
There is a lot of talk these days about conspiracies. A huge number of Americans are prone to believ... Read More
Joe Biden, the Luckiest Politician in American History Nov. 06, 2020
Joe Biden has faced many tragedies in his personal life. But if he wins the presidency today, he wil... Read More
The First Steps to Fixing America Jun. 12, 2020
We just had riots from coast to coast. Downtown Seattle is currently a lawless zone under the contro... Read More
What Leadership Means May. 30, 2020
History can be cruel. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., who was unquestionably America's ... Read More
Special Gifts for Special People Dec. 25, 2019
Ho-ho-ho. Wait till you hear about the gifts I gave to some of America's power elites for Christmas.... Read More
What Democrats Today Really Want Oct. 09, 2019
Daniel Patrick Moynihan was an American public servant with characteristics all too rare today ̵... Read More
Is Trump Playing With a Full Deck? Sep. 04, 2019
Over the past few weeks, Donald Trump has previewed his campaign against Joe Biden, still apparently... Read More
Not Taking Oneself Too Seriously Sep. 08, 2018
Mostly missing from the moving and deserved tributes to Sen. John McCain was attention to McCain's g... Read More
Optimism About Trump in 2018 Jan. 03, 2018
President Trump took office at the beginning of 2017 swimming in a sea of negativity. Some predicted... Read More
Clinton and Obama, First Heal Yourselves on Race Sep. 23, 2016
Hillary Clinton is the worst kind of political animal, one who will exploit anything for political g... Read More
5 Lessons Trump's Nomination Should Teach Republicans May. 11, 2016
We all got it wrong. Everybody who wrote Donald Trump off as a political charlatan destined to flame... Read More
Hopeless Son's Future Mar. 23, 2016
Dear Mr. Berko: My 19-year-old son is a high-school senior, captain of the football team and preside... Read More
