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Nominees Lie, Senators Close Eyes and America Pays Sep. 03, 2025
What's the point of Senate confirmation hearings? The testimony of nominees to judgeships and the ca... Read More
In Politics, Surrendering Isn't a Way To Survive. It's the Surest Path to Extinction. Jul. 31, 2025
SAN DIEGO — Confused and rudderless, the Democratic Party has been derailed. Only Cory Booker ... Read More
The Senate Kisses Trump's Ring Jul. 30, 2025
Evidence was offered in recent Senate hearings that judicial nominee Emil Bove told subordinates the... Read More
Broadcast Love Letters for Lisa Murkowski Jun. 27, 2025
Here's how it's so easy to identify the national media as liberal Democrats: They hate "moderate" De... Read More
2 Good Things in One Big Bill May. 28, 2025
The House of Representatives completed an overnight session on May 22 with a vote on the One Big Bea... Read More
American Prisons and the Execution of Innocents Apr. 16, 2025
A week before Christmas in 2018, both Democratic and Republican senators went down to the Senate flo... Read More
Our Worst Trading Partner Apr. 09, 2025
When Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) was in the midst of his record 25-plus hours of speaking on the Senat... Read More
Remembering Alan Simpson, and a Life Well Lived -- in and out of Politics Mar. 18, 2025
SAN DIEGO — I've known this day was coming. The end of the road isn't far off when you live to... Read More
Hate Him All You Like, Mitch McConnell Is a Hall of Famer Feb. 28, 2025
Mitch McConnell, perhaps the greatest strategist in Senate history, recently announced he would be r... Read More
Why Sanctioning the ICC Would Be Terrible for Civil Liberties Feb. 03, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
A bill that would have required the president to sanction the International Criminal Court has faile... Read More
Democrats Desert Abortion-Surviving Babies Jan. 29, 2025
The day after President Donald Trump was inaugurated to his second term, Senate Democratic leaders w... Read More
Trump Inaugurates a New Era Jan. 20, 2025
Breathtaking: There's no other word for the sheer ambition and scope of Donald Trump's second inau... Read More
In Defending Hegseth Against Democratic Attacks, Senate Republicans Are Long on Outrage -- but Short on Memory Jan. 16, 2025
SAN DIEGO — There has been a lot of talk lately about the need to return respect and civility ... Read More
The MAGA Attack on Joni Ernst Dec. 12, 2024
The first woman combat veteran to serve in the Senate, and a sexual assault survivor, Iowa Sen. Joni... Read More
Worldview Matters Nov. 22, 2024
It is a truism that does not get talked about enough, but is innately part of being a conservative, ... Read More
He's Trolling Us Nov. 21, 2024
What to make of Donald Trump's nominations of the Fox News team to the Trump Cabinet? Attorney Gener... Read More
The Matt Gaetz Test Nov. 16, 2024
Are you shocked? Matt Gaetz as attorney general. A man with virtually no experience as anything othe... Read More
America Needs a Congress That Will Stop Borrowing Money Oct. 23, 2024
With the November election approaching, much attention is focused on the presidential contest —... Read More
How Kamala Harris Defines 'Extreme' Aug. 07, 2024
Republican Rep. Ann Wagner of Missouri went to the House floor on Jan. 11, 2023, to promote a bill s... Read More
House Speaker Johnson Plays Dangerous Game of Politics With Intelligence Agencies Jun. 19, 2024
Perhaps the entry on my resume I'm proudest of is my four years as counsel to the Senate Intelligenc... Read More
