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Some Think Banning Books Is a Winning Wedge Issue; A New Poll Says Otherwise Mar. 01, 2022
Republican politicians may think they have a winning issue in banning controversial books from schoo... Read More
The Great Awakening Feb. 15, 2022
INDEPENDENCE, Missouri — The half-circle of 13 chairs that framed the statue of President Harr... Read More
Republicans Censure Two True Conservatives -- And Confirm Their Party Is a Cult Feb. 08, 2022
When future historians seek to pinpoint exactly when it was that the Republican Party stopped being ... Read More
Sheep And Black Sheep: The GOP Goes Full Hezbollah Feb. 08, 2022
There should be nothing surprising about this past Friday's official defense by the Republican Natio... Read More
The Covenant Between the Main Street Consumer and Big Corporations Is Collapsing Feb. 08, 2022
PITTSBURGH — Word travels fast in places like this city's iconic small-business district fille... Read More
2020 Lingers Only for Those Out of Touch With Voters' March Forward Feb. 01, 2022
More than a year after the 2020 presidential election cycle, signs for former President Donald Trump... Read More
Defeat From the Jaws of Victory? Jan. 28, 2022
Things are really bad for the Democrats right now. The stock market has had its worst-performing Jan... Read More
Democrats' Election Outlook Might Be Bleak, but GOP Isn't Faring Any Better Jan. 25, 2022
It's hard to argue with political analysts' increasingly bleak outlook for the Democratic Party in t... Read More
How Can the GOP Look Good Despite the Media? Jan. 19, 2022
As we approach the one-year anniversary of Joe Biden's inauguration, Gallup brought some bad polling... Read More
Meet the GOP of 2022: Snowflakes and Safe Spaces Jan. 15, 2022
When I was a little girl, a neighbor friend came to me one day, telling me her mom had forbidden her... Read More
Did the Jan. 6 Coup Fail? Jan. 07, 2022
Jan. 6 should have been the point of no return, the pivot point at which even the most blinkered sug... Read More
Davis Gets the Primary Challenge He Deserves for Abandoning Core Beliefs Jan. 05, 2022
Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, now probably understands why his ambivalent loyalty to former Pres... Read More
GOP's Pandemic Pandering Betrays Both Public Health and Its Own Business Base Jan. 04, 2022
In the pantheon of deliberately petulant policies from red-state leaders eager to show the base how ... Read More
In Attempting To Nullify Federal Gun Laws, Missouri Is Hampering Police Work Dec. 31, 2021
After an Independence, Missouri, police officer was shot and killed in September, state law enforcem... Read More
Trump Has Earned a Friend Dec. 16, 2021
Washington — He is alive! Norman Podhoretz is alive, and he agreed to an interview with The Wa... Read More
The Trump Contagion Still Spreading Dec. 08, 2021
WASHINGTON — The worst contagion still spreading is not the omicron nor the delta variant of t... Read More
Dr. Oz Quacks the Code of Republican Politics Dec. 03, 2021
Sean Parnell, the Trump-anointed candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania, dropped out of the race a wee... Read More
Democrats' Infighting Invites a GOP Midterm Sweep, Which Would Endanger Democracy Nov. 22, 2021
The circular firing squad that is today's Democratic Party is pursuing policies that most Americans ... Read More
The Purge of Liz Cheney Reflects Poorly on Her Party Nov. 17, 2021
The Republican Party of Wyoming has formally banished Rep. Liz Cheney from its ranks. This decision ... Read More
Pennsylvania Leapt Further Right on Election Night Nov. 09, 2021
ERIE, Pennsylvania — Voters in the Keystone State, as in Virginia, took Tuesday's election as ... Read More
