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Democrats Need to Drop Identity Politics -- Now Nov. 30, 2017
Bernie Sanders helped elect Donald Trump, and for that he will never be forgiven. But give this to S... Read More
Some Americans More Equal Than Others Oct. 13, 2017
"We will support you today, tomorrow and the day after," President Donald Trump promised those devas... Read More
Not Saving Is the American Way Sep. 26, 2017
Smart people living in harm's way of hurricanes know to fortify their homes before the storm hits. I... Read More
Trump Is on the Losing Side of the Culture War Jul. 30, 2017
The culture war has been going on a long time, and it won't end any time soon. But the outcome is no... 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 Specter of Single-Payer Health Care May. 14, 2017
The other day, Rep. Tom MacArthur, R-N.J., held a town hall meeting where constituents grilled him a... Read More
Is Putin the 'Preeminent Statesman' of Our Times? Mar. 31, 2017
"If we were to use traditional measures for understanding leaders, which involve the defense of bo... Read More
No Free Lunch in the Health Care System Mar. 10, 2017
The health care reform bill that has now passed two committee hurdles in the House still faces an up... Read More
Democrats Need Straight Talk on Immigration Feb. 28, 2017
Donald Trump's roundup of undocumented immigrants is cruel and racist in its execution. His plan to ... Read More
The Opposition's Very Wrong First Step Jan. 21, 2017
In the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan instructed Haley Barbour — his White House political dir... Read More
Undermining Trust in Our Institutions Jan. 13, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump conceded this week that he thinks Russia was responsible for hacking th... Read More
Would We Rather Elect a Wacko Than a Woman? Jan. 11, 2017
The anecdote is so perfect, so polished, so delicious that it doesn't matter whether it is precisely... Read More
Americans Are No Longer on the Move Dec. 30, 2016
Americans see themselves as people on the move. When the going gets tough or when opportunity beckon... Read More
It's Obama, Not the American People, Who Won't Listen Dec. 02, 2016
You have to give President Barack Obama credit for one thing: consistency. Nothing is ever his fault... Read More
The Zen of Thanksgiving Nov. 22, 2016
Editor's Note: The following is a revised version of a column first published in November 2002. Th... Read More
Whatever Happened to Americans' Sense of Humor? Nov. 08, 2016
You'd think there'd have been more laughs. Hard-fought political campaigns drenched in sweat and tea... Read More
American Brats Abroad Oct. 18, 2016
Amanda Knox was innocent of the grisly murder for which she did time in an Italian jail. There was n... Read More
Big Brother Obama Suppresses Information to Promote Propaganda Jun. 21, 2016
If some maniac blurted out his allegiance to Jesus Christ while mowing down 49 innocent people, do y... Read More
'The Great White Hope' May. 27, 2016
"Something startling is happening to middle-aged white Americans. Unlike every other age group, unli... Read More
