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A Monument to Presidential Power Feb. 15, 2019
Mitch McConnell seems to have found a way to allow President Donald Trump to eat his cake (Mar-a-Lag... Read More
Trump Comes Face to Face with Friends and Foes Feb. 06, 2019
The State of the Union is fraught. That's not exactly the word Donald Trump would choose in his Sta... Read More
McConnell Facing the Longest Game of His Life Jan. 09, 2019
WASHINGTON — Scenic Theodore Roosevelt Island on the Potomac River was closed during the gover... Read More
Fruits of College Indoctrination Nov. 21, 2018
Much of today's incivility and contempt for personal liberty has its roots on college campuses, and ... Read More
Don't Bother. They're Here Oct. 10, 2018
All these years — 61 and counting — and not once have I been associated with a mob. Unti... Read More
Casualty Lists From the Kavanaugh Battle Oct. 09, 2018
After a 50-year siege, the great strategic fortress of liberalism has fallen. With the elevation of ... Read More
Little Lies Mean a Lot Oct. 02, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh's fraught relationship with the truth took another hit Sunday, when a classmate from... Read More
Don't Play Politics With Kavanaugh Appointment Jul. 13, 2018
The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court is a welcome move. As readers of my col... Read More
Odds and Ends Jun. 30, 2018
Thanks to President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts, we learned this week from the nonpartisan Congress... Read More
Giuliani and Trump Blunder Toward the North Korea Summit Jun. 10, 2018
Rudy Giuliani, who knows as much about North Korea as he does about growing kumquats, has granted an... Read More
This Is What You Call a Conservative Budget? Mar. 30, 2018
Donald Trump woke up on Friday, March 23, and realized that a deficit-ballooning $1.3 trillion "omni... Read More
To Protect Mueller, Republican Silence May Be Shrewd Mar. 22, 2018
For congressional Republicans, having Donald Trump in the White House is like carrying around a vial... 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
Will Tax Cuts Help Republicans in 2018? Dec. 24, 2017
Mitch McConnell thinks the tax bill passed by Congress will put a strong wind into his party's sails... Read More
Picking the Lock in Alabama Dec. 15, 2017
Turnout would be the key to which of the wildly conflicting polls would best presage the result of A... Read More
The General Shames the Briefing Room Oct. 22, 2017
WASHINGTON — Since retired Gen. John Kelly became White House chief of staff, news outlets hav... Read More
McConnell Warns Insurgents Can't Beat Dems: He's Wrong Oct. 18, 2017
As he appeared at President Trump's side on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell derided c... Read More
Judge Moore & God's Law Sep. 29, 2017
When elected chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 2000, Judge Roy Moore installed in his co... Read More
Trump Makes 'Friends' Outside GOP Sep. 10, 2017
WASHINGTON — Meet President Donald Trump's new best friends. He calls them "Chuck and Nancy," ... Read More
Trump Dumps the Do-Nothing Congress Sep. 08, 2017
Donald Trump is president today because he was seen as a doer not a talker. Among the most common co... Read More
