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Where I Live: Fall River, MA, Home of Lizzie Borden Mar. 25, 2019
I live in Fall River, Massachusetts, a blood clot of abandoned mills and tenement houses. There are ... Read More
Who Will the Democrats Nominate to Challenge President Trump? Mar. 21, 2019
For those in the political world, Election 2020 is already here, and the biggest question is whether... Read More
Memo to Democrats: 2020 Is Not 2018 Mar. 16, 2019
Midterm elections have been generally unhelpful to U.S. House candidates of the sitting president's ... Read More
Pessimistic About Politics, Optimistic About America Mar. 14, 2019
My latest book has a simple message built right into the title: "The Sun Is Still Rising: Politics H... Read More
8 Ways to Fix America's Messed-Up Presidential Elections Mar. 11, 2019
In 2016, there were 17 major candidates for the Republican presidential nomination, so many they had... Read More
America Benefits From an Imperfect Man in the Perfect Role Mar. 07, 2019
Former Trump attorney and disgraced convicted felon Michael Cohen recently gave testimony before Con... Read More
Unaffiliated Voters Should Get a Seat at the Table Mar. 06, 2019
Are political parties obsolete? It's not like the old days, when bosses and smoke-filled rooms picke... Read More
Trump Can't Win in 2020, But Democrats Could Lose Feb. 14, 2019
If the 2020 election were simply a question of whether voters want President Donald Trump to serve a... Read More
Media and Money Jan. 31, 2019
It's not surprising that Democratic Party officials are reaching far down into their bench for someo... Read More
Americans Continue to Reject the Regulatory State Jan. 24, 2019
Democratic dreams of a Green New Deal tap into some very real concerns shared by most Americans. Fif... Read More
What the Shutdown Really Means Jan. 16, 2019
The unprecedented government shutdown is approaching the end of its first month with no foreseeable ... Read More
No, This Is Not JFK's Democratic Party Jan. 08, 2019
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's House has more women, persons of color and LGBT members than any House in his... Read More
Keeping the Shutdown in Perspective Jan. 03, 2019
In official Washington and the nation's political media world, the partial shutdown of the federal g... Read More
What This Current Crisis Tells Us About 2020 Voters Dec. 22, 2018
In these Washington hours of genuine bipartisan panic after the principled resignation of the nation... Read More
Trump Needs to Deliver Dec. 21, 2018
President Donald Trump's days in office could be numbered. If so, it most likely won't be because of... Read More
Democrats, Listen to Bustos and Keep Pelosi Nov. 20, 2018
Nancy Pelosi will probably return as speaker of the House and should. A proven master at running the... Read More
Election 2018 in Context: A Political System Out of Sync with the Nation It's Supposed to Serve Nov. 15, 2018
In the wake of Election 2018, analysts have delved deeply into a seemingly limitless supply of data ... Read More
Republican Opportunity With Young Blacks Nov. 14, 2018
Buried in the mounds of data fleshing out what happened in the midterm elections is an interesting t... Read More
The Surprise Winner of Election 2018? Trump! Nov. 11, 2018
I always tell the raw truth. I don't back down. I just say what's on my mind and let the chips fall ... Read More
Where Do We Go When Journalism Fails Us? Nov. 09, 2018
This election should remind us how vital and necessary local journalism is to factual reporting. Nat... Read More
