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Life Can Improve, Even During Impeachments Oct. 04, 2019
Underneath the clash and clang of controversy over presidential impeachment, public policy and perso... Read More
Trump Impeachment Inevitable Sep. 29, 2019
WASHINGTON — I covered President Bill Clinton's House impeachment and the Senate's vote not to... Read More
Understanding the Impeachment Charade Sep. 27, 2019
Washington scandals are moving at a record pace. It was only a week ago that The New York Times laun... Read More
Take a Breath, and Get Ready for Trial and Tribulations Sep. 27, 2019
If you are among the 86% of Americans who believe that our polarizing political environment represen... Read More
Take a Breath, and Get Ready for Trial and Tribulations Sep. 26, 2019
If you are among the 86% of Americans who believe that our polarizing political environment represen... Read More
Happy Birthday, President Clinton Aug. 23, 2019
On the occasion of Bill Clinton's 73rd birthday, the chattering class has come to bury the president... Read More
As Long as Enemies of the State Keep Dying Before Trial, No One Should Trust the State Aug. 23, 2019
There is no other way to say it: It was a political assassination. Osama bin Laden was unarmed. SEAL... Read More
Death Penalty Politics Aug. 03, 2019
I have been studying death penalty politics (as well as law) for decades, largely because I've had t... Read More
Why the Left Is Reconsidering Al Franken Jul. 24, 2019
On Monday, The New Yorker printed a lengthy piece by reporter Jane Mayer about the sad fate of forme... Read More
How Ross Perot Paved the Way for Trump Jul. 11, 2019
A nationally known tycoon with a boastful personality, a penchant for tough talk, an aversion to ill... Read More
How Did Jeffrey Epstein Escape Justice? Jul. 11, 2019
The case of super-rich sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is so disturbing, not only because dozens of wom... Read More
Stop Arguing About These Things Jun. 24, 2019
As the election slouches rudely toward the Russian-monitored polling place in your town, there is mu... Read More
A Farewell to My Readers May. 31, 2019
In 1987, I wrote my first weekly column, carried at the time by only two newspapers. Today, I write ... Read More
Impeach Trump or Go Home, Democrats May. 24, 2019
When House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler and Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed that the United States... Read More
A Perilous Path to National Redemption Apr. 25, 2019
Although Robert Mueller filed his massive report with the Justice Department, the special counsel mu... 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
Mueller Report Meets A Low Barr Mar. 27, 2019
WASHINGTON — We didn't need Anderson Cooper to say on CNN what a good day it was for America. ... Read More
Nadler's Precedent: Exonerating Bill Clinton Mar. 27, 2019
"This partisan coup d'etat will go down in infamy in the history of our nation," the congressmen sai... Read More
Memo to Democrats: 2020 Is Not 2018 Mar. 16, 2019
Midterm elections have been generally unhelpful to U.S. House candidates of the sitting president's ... Read More
Pelosi's Prudent Case Against Impeachment Mar. 14, 2019
In 1998, Republicans were eager to impeach President Bill Clinton over his affair with a White House... Read More
