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Trump's Lousy Numbers Spell Doom Jun. 06, 2017
Thing about Donald Trump is he doesn't have the numbers. That became apparent starting on Election D... Read More
The End of the Cold War and 2017 American Politics Feb. 18, 2017
In 1988, a full year before the Berlin Wall came down and the Soviet empire broke up, Georgy Arbatov... Read More
Partisan Lines Stay Fixed Amid Trump Turmoil Feb. 17, 2017
Amid the turmoil of the first month of the Trump administration, with courts blocking his temporary ... Read More
Trump's 2nd-Week Follow-through Feb. 03, 2017
Donald Trump's second week as president has been full of surprises and Sturm und Drang. His Friday a... Read More
Why the Pollsters Missed Trump's Victory Dec. 01, 2016
Even as Donald Trump begins to form his administration, people are still wondering why the nation's ... Read More
Discrepancy Between Popular and Electoral Votes Nov. 23, 2016
It now appears that Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump in the popular vote by more than 1.7 milli... Read More
Trump and the Media 'Failure' Nov. 13, 2016
Terry Brown is a 55-year-old plumber in Stanley, North Carolina, a small town that is 90 percent whi... Read More
Donald Trump's Astounding Victory: How and Why Nov. 11, 2016
Astounding. That's the best word to describe the tumultuous election night and the (to most people) ... Read More
Trump Now Must Feed the Beast Nov. 09, 2016
It is the world turned upside down. Our new president-elect is not merely a bad choice; he is one of... Read More
Is Team Clinton Booting the Election? Nov. 04, 2016
In my Nov. 1 column, I looked at the presidential election through the lens of the old children's ra... Read More
Let's Play 'Let's Pretend' Nov. 01, 2016
When I was a child, there was a Saturday morning radio program called "Let's Pretend." It used words... Read More
4 Reasons Trump Is Trapped in Fantasyland Oct. 26, 2016
What is that freaky sound? What is that loud "ps-s-st" noise that we hear wherever we go? Not to wor... Read More
The Politics These Two Unpopular Nominees Hath Wrought Oct. 25, 2016
In last week's third and (thank goodness) final presidential debate, each candidate did an excellent... Read More
Donald Trump's Invisible Shackles Oct. 14, 2016
"It is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for America the way I wa... Read More
What's That Scent in the Air? Oct. 08, 2016
It is all but impossible for you or for me to understand, let alone appreciate, how painfully public... Read More
Will Democratic Success Breed Clinton's Failure? Sep. 20, 2016
Success breeds failure. That's one of the melancholy lessons you learn in life. The success of polic... Read More
Hurry up, Please. It's Time. Sep. 09, 2016
T.S. Eliot thought April is the cruelest month. But he didn't live long enough to sample the 2016 pr... Read More
Media Focus on Trump; Voters Focus on Clinton Aug. 12, 2016
While the media love to focus on the perceived "gaffes" and "blunders" of Donald Trump, the voters a... Read More
When Americans Want to Elect Mommy or Daddy Jul. 27, 2016
Americans want to elect Daddy or Mommy. That's what this election has become. It hasn't been about c... Read More
Black Demands and White Fears Jul. 14, 2016
The June 10, 1966, cover of Life magazine is a gauge of how much America has changed — and how... Read More
