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Hey, Hillary: Smile, Girl Mar. 16, 2016
You know, the world would be a happier place if a girl would just smile more. Just ask the guys on T... Read More
Rewarding States for ACA Exchange Failures? Mar. 03, 2016
If you are tired of reading columns about Affordable Care Act failures, don't read any further. If y... Read More
Barbarians at the Gate Mar. 02, 2016
The Republican Party has long been led by the rich and the powerful who win elections by persuading ... Read More
Last Chance for America? Part II Mar. 02, 2016
The worst political blunder of all time, according to scientist Freeman Dyson, was the decision of t... Read More
Paranoid Politics Feb. 22, 2016
Amid all the media analyses of the prospects of each of the candidates in both political parties, th... Read More
The Clinton Curse Returns Feb. 04, 2016
WASHINGTON — In the many decades I have had the pleasure of covering the Clintons, I have deve... Read More
The Establishment Is Dead Feb. 03, 2016
In Monday's Iowa caucus, Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the man most hated by the Republican establishme... Read More
The Divided State of the Union Jan. 17, 2016
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama lamented the deep divisions of our time an... Read More
Yes, Partisanship Can Be Frustrating, but It's Better Than the Alternative Jan. 15, 2016
"It's one of the few regrets of my presidency — that the rancor and suspicion between the part... Read More
State of the Union vs. State of the Trump Jan. 13, 2016
Barack Obama really does not have it so bad. He gets $400,000 a year in salary, $50,000 in expenses,... Read More
Remembering 2015 Dec. 29, 2015
How shall we remember 2015? Or shall we try to forget it? It is always hard to know when a turning p... Read More
Trump Is a 'Dangerous' Bigot Spewing 'Racist Lies' Dec. 02, 2015
You probably don't read newspaper editorials, and I don't blame you. Over the decades, many have bec... Read More
Andrea Mitchell's Selective Concerns on Divisiveness Dec. 01, 2015
On NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday, Andrea Mitchell accused Republican presidential candidate Donald T... Read More
Have a Happy, Politics-Free Thanksgiving Nov. 25, 2015
Many people naturally assume that since I work in political journalism, I must breathe, drink and ea... Read More
Right Now, Politics Trumps Manners at the Dinner Table Nov. 25, 2015
A lot of Americans grow up believing that politics has no place at the dinner table. If a relative o... Read More
Political Translations Nov. 24, 2015
It is amazing how many different ways the same thing can be said, creating totally different impress... Read More
The Ben Carson Flaps Nov. 10, 2015
Dr. Ben Carson's whole life has been very unusual, so perhaps we should not be surprised to see the ... Read More
Election or a Round of Musical Chairs? Nov. 05, 2015
Outsiders like to think of San Francisco as a hotbed of contentious activism. Locals have tended to ... Read More
Public-Sector Unions Are Losing Their Clout Oct. 27, 2015
Although the Republican Congress has been unable to roll back big government in Washington, a more o... Read More
GOP Should Elect Paul Ryan Oct. 26, 2015
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, is willing to serve as... Read More
