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Obama Administration's Spying on Trump a Departure From Norms May. 25, 2018
"F.B.I. Used Informant to Investigate Russia Ties to Campaign, Not to Spy, as Trump Claims," read th... Read More
The Apologetic Flasher May. 19, 2018
"I came out of my apartment, and there he was — trench coat wide-open, totally naked, so proud... Read More
What's the Deal With General Mills? May. 09, 2018
Dear Mr. Berko: My stockbroker had me buy 300 shares of General Mills in the summer of 2016, for whi... Read More
Democrats Need Their Own Version of 'America First' May. 03, 2018
"America First" would be a harmless phrase were it not loaded with dark undertones. It harks back to... Read More
The Modern Baby May. 03, 2018
Babies haven't changed much in about a million years. But how we view and raise them? That's changin... Read More
Trump's Saudi Policy Gamble Apr. 27, 2018
Seventy-three years ago, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on his trip back from the Yalta conference with Wins... Read More
The Fashion Icons You Never Heard Of Apr. 19, 2018
"Who are you wearing?" is a question Oscar contenders answer easily. Their designers are sometimes a... Read More
Speaker Ryan Follows the Lead of Speaker Reed Apr. 13, 2018
One hundred nineteen years ago, Speaker of the House Thomas B. Reed announced that he was, after 22 ... Read More
Republicans and Patriotism Apr. 07, 2018
The election night words of the long-shot Republican candidate after his upset victory remain with m... Read More
Our Time-Tested Parties Aren't About to Fall Apart Mar. 30, 2018
Some days, the Republican Party seems on the verge of splitting up. Its congressional majorities cou... Read More
Gun Control Movement Polar Opposite of Civil Rights Movement Mar. 28, 2018
Covering the pro-gun control March for Our Lives in Washington, CNN ran a headline that read, "They'... Read More
Not Always Like This Mar. 21, 2018
One of the unavoidable tragedies of youth is the temptation to think that what is seen today has alw... Read More
Did Putin Order the Salisbury Hit? Mar. 20, 2018
Britain has yet to identify the assassin who tried to murder the double agent Sergei Skripal and his... Read More
President Trump and the Freedom of Speech Mar. 15, 2018
When James Madison drafted the First Amendment — "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the... Read More
Trump on Trade: Better Than Smoot-Hawley? Mar. 09, 2018
Donald Trump's announcement that he is imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from other cou... Read More
Underestimating the Voters' Intelligence -- and Paying for It Feb. 24, 2018
Politics can be both cruel and unsentimental. Consider the case of Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., known... Read More
False Humility Is Better Than None at All Feb. 03, 2018
Thanks to the reliable American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara, w... Read More
Patriotism On the Cheap Jan. 27, 2018
For the first two centuries of U.S. history — while Americans were proudly winning a war for i... Read More
Trump Repeats the Folly of Protectionism Jan. 25, 2018
Next month, thanks to the tax bill signed by Donald Trump, many Americans will see more money showin... Read More
Republicans Have Reformed Taxes; Will They Fix 1970s Budget Rules Next? Dec. 22, 2017
The Republicans have passed their tax bill, without a single Democratic vote, despite low to dismal ... Read More
