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The Center Stirs: With A Crucial Debt Deal, Score One for The Adults Jun. 06, 2023
In his new book "The Watchdog: How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War ... Read More
Republicans Need an Economic Growth Agenda Nov. 17, 2022
After disappointing midterm election results for Republicans, many understandably pin blame on corro... Read More
Divided Government Is Good. In 2023, Bipartisanship Would Be Better. Oct. 13, 2022
The upcoming midterm election has got me thinking about divided government. In normal times, the pro... Read More
Why Working Together Should Matter to Us All Jun. 03, 2022
We have a bamboo problem at our house. The previous owners planted it and while it's great for priva... Read More
Biden's Infrastructure Victory Over Extremists Right and Left Is a Win for America Nov. 09, 2021
A sad running joke under the Trump administration became a happy reality for President Joe Biden lat... Read More
Republicans Walk Away From Police Reform. Democrats Must Pursue it Anyway. Oct. 01, 2021
Last week's collapse of bipartisan negotiations on a bill that would have meant sweeping change in p... Read More
How Many Times Must McConnell Show Who He Is Before Some Democrats Believe Him? Jun. 21, 2021
So much for quaint notions of bipartisanship. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell this week blunt... Read More
GOP: Seek Not Phony Bipartisanship. Save the Nation May. 14, 2021
Riddle me this: Why would Republicans fall for the Democrats' age-old ploy of pressuring them into w... Read More
His Own Man: Angus King Refuses to Give Up on Bipartisanship Apr. 27, 2021
Angus King doesn't only have an independent streak. The United States senator from Maine has been an... Read More
Biden's Fabled Bipartisanship Apr. 16, 2021
I haven't seen much humor in life during the past year or so, but one thing that has been uproarious... Read More
The Barricades Are Coming Down, but Where Is Biden? Mar. 25, 2021
Almost two and half months after the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, police in Washington have fin... Read More
The Barricades Are Coming Down, but Where Is Biden? Mar. 25, 2021
Almost two and half months after the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, police in Washington have fin... Read More
Rumpled Giant of the Senate: Carl Levin's Life and Times Mar. 02, 2021
Whether or not you enjoyed watching Carl Levin question witnesses during U.S. Senate hearings depend... Read More
Impeachment Trial of Trump: Remember When Pelosi and Nadler Insisted on Bipartisanship? Jan. 30, 2020
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insists she does not "hate" President Donald Trump. Responding... Read More
Trump and Pelosi Team Up for Bigger Government, Deeper Debt Jul. 25, 2019
There is one interest that almost all elected officials in Washington, D.C., share. It does not matt... Read More
Trump and Pelosi Team up for Bigger Government, Deeper Debt Jul. 24, 2019
There is one interest that almost all elected officials in Washington, D.C., share. It does not matt... Read More
A Time out from Snark and Insult Dec. 07, 2018
This was the week when life made a good imitation of theater. Shakespeare would have found abundant ... Read More
The Flawed Retrospectives on John McCain Sep. 05, 2018
The passing of Senator John McCain was marked by a sea of eulogies mourning the end of an era of civ... Read More
Chuck, Nancy and Donald: The Part That Mattered Sep. 12, 2017
Donald Trump's deal with "Chuck and Nancy" has rained new angst on his party (the Republican Party).... 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
