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Democrats Need to Cooperate Only When That Matters Nov. 12, 2024
On a recent CNN panel, a Republican strategist cited a random article from last June about liberals ... Read More
How the Little Guys Lose Under Trump's Tax Plan Jun. 11, 2024
The late Sen. John McCain didn't much like Obamacare, but in 2018, the Arizona Republican pulled it ... Read More
They're Not Making Many Republicans Like Powell Anymore Oct. 21, 2021
Confession: I used to be a Republican. I briefly became one years ago while living amongst the ultra... Read More
No, Kyrsten Sinema Is Not Like John McCain Oct. 21, 2021
I don't know Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, but I did know the late Sen. John McCain. Not at all intimately, t... 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
Candor: A Politician's Secret, Unused Weapon Jan. 02, 2021
Let me be blunt, please: Most of us ink-stained wretches in the political press corps are complete s... Read More
2020 Campaign: Shortages of Wit and Wisdom Oct. 17, 2020
This bizarre presidential election year has suffered from acute shortages of both wit and wisdom, a ... Read More
A Duty To Speak Up Sep. 03, 2020
So far, nobody in the United States military, including those retired from service, has expressed gr... Read More
The Buck Doesn't Stop Here Jul. 11, 2020
Dan Buck is a philosopher friend of mine with a rare gift for explaining the political world. Back w... Read More
Trump's Phony Love of the Military Jan. 16, 2020
Many women are acquainted with a certain type of boyfriend. He's generous with gifts, meals and comp... Read More
Praise, Shade and the Politics of Public Funerals Nov. 21, 2019
Public funerals have become somewhat of a unique tradition in American politics. While in times past... Read More
The Arizona Gift Aug. 17, 2019
It approaches a year since Sen. John McCain departed these earthly precincts. He is rightly missed f... Read More
Trump's Self-Assessment as the GOP's Savior Gets It Exactly Backward Jul. 09, 2019
President Donald Trump is quoted in a new book trashing former President George W. Bush and the late... Read More
Short Takes on McCain, a Plane and a Victim's Arrest Jul. 01, 2019
McCain Memories for Trump on July 4th If President Donald Trump was hoping to get that whole John Mc... Read More
Understanding Why Donald Trump Loathes John McCain Jun. 01, 2019
The guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain, "Big Bad John," was christened in 1992 in honor of ... Read More
Trump's Bully Pit Mar. 24, 2019
WASHINGTON — During a week when President Donald Trump should have been beating his chest nons... Read More
Hearing the President Speak Mar. 23, 2019
In Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, as a humble private, I was taught that at the very top o... Read More
President 0. Dead Man 1 Mar. 22, 2019
This past Wednesday, President Donald Trump should have had a successful day touting the military, t... Read More
How the Corruption of America Begins Mar. 22, 2019
When the history of the Trump presidency is written, one incident will be remembered as the beginnin... Read More
With Their Silence, Republicans Condone Trump's Latest Attacks on McCain Mar. 21, 2019
It's a measure of how thoroughly our political norms have collapsed that the U.S. president spent la... Read More
