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Some Christmastime Advice for Pundits and Partisans Dec. 23, 2016
Now that the 538 electors have voted — and, with only the most minor of exceptions, for the ex... Read More
Business Cycle/Political Cycle Dec. 21, 2016
How do we make sense of the alternation in power of our two parties and their ideologies? Now that D... Read More
How the Political Rules Changed in 2016 Dec. 20, 2016
Over the 40-some years that I have been working or closely observing the political campaign business... Read More
The Collapse of the Political Left Dec. 09, 2016
It's been a tough decade for the political left. Eight years ago, a Time magazine cover portrayed Ba... Read More
Is it good? Is it bad? Who knows? Nov. 15, 2016
There's an old vaudeville comedy routine that goes by the name "That's good. No, that's bad." This r... Read More
If We Say We Want Inclusiveness, Let's Mean It and Practice It Nov. 11, 2016
I am uplifted by Tuesday's presidential election results because I believe we have a good chance to ... Read More
2016: The Demise of Small-r Republican Politics Nov. 08, 2016
Among the many complaints I have seen about this squalid presidential election — the most dism... Read More
Gerald Ford and the 2016 Election Nov. 05, 2016
On Sept. 8, 1974, one month after he became the nation's only un-elected commander in chief, Preside... Read More
The Corruption of the Public Conversation Nov. 04, 2016
The political conversation had been deteriorating long before Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump opene... Read More
The Angry Woman Makes History Oct. 27, 2016
WASHINGTON — As I have been saying, the sexual revolution of the 1960s is now over. We can tha... Read More
Keep Politics out of It Oct. 25, 2016
Dear Annie: I live in a town where the majority of people share one political viewpoint. I am in the... Read More
The Politics These Two Unpopular Nominees Hath Wrought Oct. 25, 2016
In last week's third and (thank goodness) final presidential debate, each candidate did an excellent... Read More
Debate Escape Oct. 22, 2016
I didn't watch the last debate. Instead, I watched the Dodgers get slaughtered by the Cubs. It was a... Read More
Despite Trump, Demotic Protest Politics Doesn't Always Fail Oct. 21, 2016
2016 has been a big year for protest politics — not just in the United States, what with Berni... Read More
In Defense of Pro-Trump Christians Oct. 18, 2016
There are many good conservatives who are Never-Trumpers, and there are many good conservatives who ... Read More
The Presidential Candidates We Deserve Oct. 14, 2016
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are only an accurate reflection of our culture of vulgarity and hyp... Read More
A Stain on Our Politics Oct. 14, 2016
I would rather be writing about Bob Dylan's surprising Nobel Prize in literature this week, a well-d... Read More
After Trump Video: 'This Has Become So Personal for Me' Oct. 12, 2016
Twenty-year-old Hana Barkowitz had never before had this reaction to a stranger's T-shirt. "I really... Read More
Is There a Middle Road on Immigration? Oct. 11, 2016
Does Hillary Clinton think anyone in the world has a right to come to America? The answer could thro... Read More
