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Brilliant Move By GOP on Health Care Bill Jul. 26, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pulling a rabbit out of a hat by redefining what constitut... Read More
Mike Pence's Opportunity Jul. 23, 2017
Donald Trump and those around him have made a long series of mistakes stemming from his campaign's c... Read More
OK, GOP: No More Excuses! Jul. 21, 2017
Until now, I haven't been too concerned about the Republican Party's difficulties in passing a healt... Read More
Puerto Rican Bonds Jul. 12, 2017
Dear Mr. Berko: In 2013, my stockbroker had me buy $60,000 worth of Puerto Rican Sales Tax Financing... Read More
Will Trump Republicans Avoid the Off-Year Curse? Jul. 07, 2017
Curious fact, and one disquieting for Republicans looking ahead to 2018: In the past 65 years, start... Read More
A Polarized Public? No. A Polarizing System Jul. 06, 2017
American politics is a bicycle with a rusty chain, flat tires and no brakes. It's broken, and it's n... Read More
No Recess for the American Public Jun. 28, 2017
On Tuesday, public outrage forced the Republicans to postpone their vote to gut the Affordable Care ... Read More
To Boost Well-Being, Forget That House, and Leave Your Own Jun. 27, 2017
After 40 years on the fitness beat, something new to consider. A health care bill that is sickening.... Read More
Obamacare: Will the Senate Let It Live? Jun. 23, 2017
Obamacare is a patient etherized upon the Senate table, under a secret scalpel on the dark side of t... Read More
Trump Should Call Dem Bluff on Health Care Jun. 21, 2017
Now that the Senate Republicans are nearing consensus on a health care bill to repeal and replace Ob... Read More
Time for a Good Buddy Tale Jun. 18, 2017
WASHINGTON — Americans needed a good buddy movie after a deranged gunman targeted Republicans ... Read More
Thinking About Incitement Jun. 15, 2017
"He was hunting us." Those were the words of Republican Congressman Mike Bishop describing the depra... Read More
Can Americans Get Their Democracy Back? May. 16, 2017
Boy, wouldn't it be great to get that mentally unstable thug out of the Oval Office? That's putting ... Read More
The Santa Claus Effect May. 03, 2017
Dear Mr. Berko: I'm a happily defrocked priest, married with children, who has been reading your col... Read More
'Tax Cuts for the Rich'? May. 01, 2017
One of the painful realities of our times is how long a political lie can survive, even after having... Read More
Blame the Spendaholics, Not Tax Reformers Apr. 26, 2017
If you live in tax hell — New York, Illinois, California, New Jersey or Connecticut — pa... Read More
What if We Don't Really Govern Ourselves? Apr. 20, 2017
What if our belief in self-government is a belief in a myth? What if the election of one political p... Read More
The Missiles of Holy Week and the Rule of Law Apr. 13, 2017
The history of the world is the history of violence. I had planned to write this column about the mo... Read More
Remove and Replace Assad? Apr. 12, 2017
When President George W. Bush decided he wanted to remove and replace Saddam Hussein, he made a bad ... Read More
Is the Sky the Limit for the Debt Ceiling? Apr. 06, 2017
When the national debt ceiling's suspension was automatically lifted March 15, yet another countdown... Read More
