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'Law and Order' Doesn't Work Anymore Jun. 03, 2021
It worked for Richard Nixon, who won the presidency in 1968, redrawing the electoral map. The once-s... Read More
A Candid Look at the Election and State of Our Country Nov. 06, 2020
On Election Day, I got up early to vote, earlier than I ever have since I cast my first ballot to pa... Read More
Law and Order Jul. 25, 2020
It was the title of a speech by then-Gov. (and later President) Calvin Coolidge in 1919. He was talk... Read More
The Race Card, 2020 Version: How Trump Has Used the Pandemic to Play His Willie Horton Card May. 30, 2020
Donald Trump has been trying for years to play his Willie Horton card, to divide the country along l... Read More
Willie Horton: Part Deux Jul. 28, 2019
I've long argued that Democrats aren't just radical, extreme and crazy but dangerous, too. They are ... Read More
Same Old Poison, Brassy New Salesman Nov. 07, 2018
Whatever the outcome of the midterm elections, the Republican Party under Donald Trump has awakened ... Read More
Of Willie and Luis, and the Politics of Hate Nov. 01, 2018
In 1988, Lee Atwater, George Bush's campaign manager, vowed to make "Willie Horton" (real name, Will... Read More
Jeb Accuses Trump of Being a New Yorker Sep. 08, 2015
Jeb Bush complains that the political media have not treated Donald Trump as a serious candidate. Th... Read More
Obama Throws Open 46 Cell Doors at Last Jul. 14, 2015
President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 46 federal drug offenders Monday. In his first term... Read More
The GOP and Willie Horton, Together Again May. 20, 2015
A question for Jeb Bush. And this one isn't about his brother. It's about his father. Now that we kn... Read More
