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The Democratic Party's Last Chance Dec. 16, 2016
Democrats need to stop grasping at straws. Shocked by Trump's win and dismayed at his half billionai... Read More
Did the Russians Hack Hillary? Dec. 15, 2016
Earlier this week, leaders of the Democratic National Committee and former officials of Hillary Clin... Read More
Will the Ex-Im Bank Enable Boeing's Deal With Iran? Dec. 15, 2016
After months of negotiations and political maneuvering, Boeing finally sealed a $17 billion deal wit... Read More
How Trump Endangers Global Peace Dec. 15, 2016
To anyone weary of 15 years of inconclusive war, Donald Trump's recent foreign policy speech offered... Read More
Trump Blows Off the Working Class Dec. 15, 2016
A friend of mine, an expert car mechanic, once told me of losing $30,000 in a commodity deal. It was... Read More
Trump's Victory: Even Charlie 'Race Card' Rangel Doesn't Blame 'Whitelash' Dec. 15, 2016
Donald Trump once called the Rev. Al Sharpton "a con man," meaning that Sharpton plays the race card... Read More
Why Not 100-Year U.S. Treasury Bonds? Dec. 15, 2016
If President-elect Donald Trump's economic growth plan — slashing business and personal margin... Read More
Please, No More Miracles Dec. 14, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump has warned companies that they are not going to leave the United States... Read More
The Power of the President Dec. 14, 2016
For decades, political science students have been taught the late Richard Neustadt's battle-tested m... Read More
Fame Is Brief; the Candle Flickers Dec. 14, 2016
It is late February 1984. We are in the Mall of New Hampshire in Manchester between Wong's Egg Rolls... Read More
Trump's Urgent Job: Clean Up the VA Dec. 14, 2016
Last week, Veterans Affairs got caught covering up the quality ratings of its 146 medical centers. V... Read More
'But the Democrats are Hypocrites!' Dec. 14, 2016
This week, the Washington Post reported that the CIA now believes that Russian-supported hacks of th... Read More
Some Free Advice for the Democratic Party Dec. 13, 2016
Herewith some unsolicited free advice for the Democratic Party. Whether it's worth more than the pri... Read More
Where Are We? Dec. 13, 2016
We are now in a kind of political no-man's-land between an administration on its way out and a new a... Read More
Let Republicans Fix What They Break Dec. 13, 2016
What if Republicans abruptly repealed Obamacare, chaos ensued and Democrats sat on their hands and w... Read More
This Christmas, We Need the Gift of Humility Dec. 13, 2016
"Expert, texpert choking smokers. Don't you think the joker laughs at you?" — John Lennon, "I ... Read More
Will Trump Defy McCain & Marco? Dec. 13, 2016
When word leaked that Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson, a holder of the Order of Friendship award in Putin's ... Read More
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! Dec. 13, 2016
It's time, if you please, just to get on with the Trump administration. Part the curtains and let's ... Read More
Trump's Self-Defeating Trade Policy Dec. 11, 2016
Opposition to free trade was to Donald Trump's campaign what burgers are to McDonald's: not the enti... 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
