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Inflation and Stagflation -- the Great Instructors Apr. 29, 2021
Stagflation, which reigned during the presidency of Jimmy Carter, occurs during an unusual confluenc... Read More
From JFK to Joe Biden Apr. 15, 2021
Washington — In predicting what we can expect to be the achievements of President Joe Biden, l... Read More
2020 Voters Knew What They Wanted Feb. 27, 2021
There has always been something faintly Old Testament about the way we Americans pick our presidents... Read More
Dark Winter of a Grand Old Party Feb. 12, 2021
It has been a dreadful three months for the Grand Old Party. On Nov. 3, President Donald Trump seeme... Read More
Trump's Parting Shot To China Should Be Full U.S. Recognition of Taiwan Jan. 15, 2021
President Donald Trump's two greatest foreign policy accomplishments both involve departures from ou... Read More
Twitter Permanently Bans Trump; Why Do Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Harry Reid Get a Pass? Jan. 14, 2021
Twitter explained why it decided to permanently ban President Donald Trump: "After close review of r... Read More
Giving Honor to Whom Honor Is Due: Celebrating Jimmy Carter Oct. 16, 2020
When former President Jimmy Carter celebrated his 96th birthday on Oct. 1, I paused to think about t... Read More
The Wonder Boy at 96 Sep. 24, 2020
Washington — I have been vindicated! Years ago, I made a discovery while researching the life ... Read More
Voters Have Decided on Trump Jul. 18, 2020
By now, Republican officeholders are daily and in ever-increasing numbers coming up with reasons why... Read More
The Robot Rule Mar. 26, 2020
What if? The novel coronavirus' fatality rate is highest in men over 70. All three men left in this ... Read More
Filling the Buses Nov. 23, 2019
In 1976, the one-term Georgia governor who used to surprise locals in Iowa by introducing himself an... Read More
Jimmy Carter's Resilient Faith Nov. 21, 2019
About two weeks ago, when I was grading the secondary-source integration assignment for my morning E... Read More
As Trump Alleges Impropriety by Biden, He Also Has Serious Questions to Answer Oct. 16, 2019
Amid all the commotion over President Donald Trump's bid to trade U.S. government favors for electio... Read More
Short Takes on Good Deeds and Bad Records Oct. 14, 2019
Six Decades Later, Still Backstopping Almost 60 years ago, Spanish Lake firefighter William Brogdon ... Read More
Could the 2020 Election Be Another 1980? Aug. 31, 2019
The final results of the 1980 presidential election between the Democratic President Jimmy Carter an... Read More
What Will We, Voters, Be Looking For in Our Next President? Apr. 20, 2019
We Americans have a predictable reaction when a president in his performance or his conduct disappoi... Read More
What Gerald Ford Could Teach Beto O'Rourke in 2018 Oct. 20, 2018
When people learn that I have spent the past 50 years either working in or covering the past 13 pres... Read More
Trump Proof Voters Care More About Policies Than Character Sep. 02, 2018
WASHINGTON — Former President Jimmy Carter lives in a two-bedroom ranch house in Plains, Georg... Read More
Womp, Womp Jun. 21, 2018
All weekend, it was the Democrats' fault. And Congress' fault. Anyone's fault but his. But the cries... Read More
How Republicans Went Soft on Communism Jun. 17, 2018
If you had told Ronald Reagan in 1988 that in 30 years, the president of the United States would be ... Read More
