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Read This and Weep: Mike Pence for President Aug. 08, 2017
President Mike Pence. The words do not trip lightly off the tongue. But as special counsel Bob Muell... Read More
Donald Trump's Pathetic Lies Aug. 06, 2017
When Huey Long was running for office in Louisiana, he told crowds that as a boy on Sunday mornings,... Read More
Authentic Republican Wisdom Aug. 05, 2017
American campaigns were not always, I can testify from personal witness, about the politics of perso... Read More
Trump Steps on Message, Again, with Attorney General Comments Jul. 23, 2017
WASHINGTON — For weeks, observers were wondering when President Donald Trump would focus on pu... Read More
Why Trump Jr. Should Release More Emails Jul. 17, 2017
For many months, Donald J. Trump and his closest associates have assured Americans that their presid... Read More
Guiding Children in the Age of Trump Jul. 12, 2017
"You could be president some day." As recently as last year, this is what we told America's children... Read More
No Impact: Trump Jr. Nonsense 'Scandal' Has No Impact on Polls Jul. 12, 2017
The latest no-substance scandal to preoccupy Washington — the emails of Donald Trump Jr. ̵... Read More
A President with a Rare Talent Jul. 04, 2017
I have long believed that Donald Trump has a special knack, a particular gift for making his most de... Read More
The Consent of the Governed Jun. 15, 2017
Last week, when former FBI Director James Comey gave his long-awaited public testimony about his app... Read More
France Leads the Anti-Trump 'Resistance' Jun. 15, 2017
When historians recount the downward spiral of Trumpian populism, they may very well start in France... Read More
A Presidency Consumed by Pettiness Jun. 14, 2017
Last month Donald Trump interrupted his own comments on Republican health care legislation to marvel... Read More
Let's Stop Acting as if the 2016 Campaign Were Still On Jun. 02, 2017
If you keep up with the news, you might think that the unpleasant and unedifying 2016 presidential c... Read More
Spying on You, Spying on Me, Spying on the President Jun. 01, 2017
"The makers of our Constitution ... conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone ... Read More
Kathy Griffin Apologizes for Gruesome Trump Photo but Backlash Builds Jun. 01, 2017
WASHINGTON — By Wednesday afternoon comedian Kathy Griffin had apologized for posing for a pho... Read More
Trump Acts Like a Competent, Conventional President Abroad May. 26, 2017
What a difference a week makes. On May 19, President Donald Trump took off in Air Force One for the ... Read More
Is President Trump in Trouble? May. 25, 2017
The bad news for President Donald Trump keeps coming his way, notwithstanding a generally bravura pe... 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
He Was Against Military Action in Syria Until He Was for It Apr. 11, 2017
Even many of President Donald Trump's most vocal critics are supporting his limited military respons... Read More
Trump's Cabinet Stacked With Advisers Who Have Military Ties Apr. 10, 2017
WASHINGTON — Before he was elected president, Donald Trump told biographer Michael D'Antonio t... Read More
The Serious Matter of Political Humor Mar. 18, 2017
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the only American elected president four times, had an often overlooked s... Read More
