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Why Wilbur Ross' Census Lies Matter: Commerce Secretary's Phony Rationale for Adding a Citizenship Question Is Inconsistent With Rule of Law Jan. 23, 2019
In an age when the president prevaricates promiscuously or his opponents will say almost anything to... Read More
A Childhood Home Isn't for Everyone Jan. 23, 2019
First, I saw the photo. Why, I wondered, was my youngest sister texting a picture of a yellow Kobelc... Read More
We Don't Like Anybody, Do We? Jan. 22, 2019
As the luminous Texas writer John Graves observed a few years back: "The Unco Guid and the Rigidly R... Read More
Short Takes on Blindfold Challenges and Blinder Bigotry Jan. 21, 2019
The Darwin Challenge In the Netflix film "Bird Box," a mysterious force overtakes Earth, causing mas... Read More
Harry Reid Exposes Greatest Liberal Scam of All-Time Jan. 20, 2019
What's in the news day and night? The wall. It's all anyone talks about or thinks about or debates. ... Read More
Both GOP, Democrats Must Feel Heat for Shutdown to End Jan. 20, 2019
WASHINGTON — The partial government shutdown will end when both sides think they are losing th... Read More
The Shutdown Necessarily Continues Jan. 18, 2019
The Democrats have long supported securing the border. But it is a signature initiative from Preside... Read More
To Understand Election 2020, Watch America, Not the Politicians Jan. 17, 2019
Election 2020 is still 22 months away, but the political world can't wait. A decent number of Democr... Read More
More Veterans Are Needed in Political Office Jan. 17, 2019
Forty years ago, military veterans made up roughly three-quarters of Congress. By 2017, the proporti... Read More
Progressive Populism: A Different Kind of Political Beauty Jan. 16, 2019
What lessons can we progressives take from our ballot box wins last year (and for that matter, from ... Read More
The Whimsical Illogic of 'Assault Weapon' Bans: The Category Is Defined by Politicians, Who Focus on Looks Rather Than Function Jan. 16, 2019
Since 1996, Gallup has been asking Americans whether they support a ban on "assault weapons." Gallup... Read More
When Checks and Balances Fail Jan. 16, 2019
In February 2017, Dr. Christopher Duntsch became the first surgeon in American history known to be s... Read More
Wall Money for DACA Protection Jan. 16, 2019
Political compromises in Washington aren't easy to find these days, but for how long can an obvious ... Read More
China's Commercial Spies Encounter Blowback Jan. 16, 2019
The past year has witnessed an overdue international response to China's rapacious military espionag... Read More
Are We Truly One Paycheck From Disaster? Jan. 15, 2019
The partial government shutdown has forced some federal workers to move money around to pay for food... Read More
Signals From Outer Space Jan. 15, 2019
We're taking a break from the increasingly ridiculous game of chicken playing out in Washington and ... Read More
The Middle Way Jan. 15, 2019
One unremarked side effect of the uproar that goes by the name of Donald Trump is the hardening ever... Read More
Another Chance to End Gerrymandering Jan. 14, 2019
Last June, the Supreme Court fumbled an opportunity to deal a deathblow to political gerrymandering,... Read More
While America Slept, China Gained a Stranglehold on the Panama Canal Jan. 14, 2019
Decades have passed since tiny Panama ranked among Washington's big national security concerns. The ... Read More
Social Media Is People Jan. 11, 2019
In the 1973 dystopian film "Soylent Green," Detective Frank Thorn, played by Charlton Heston, invest... Read More
