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Teach to the Test: Well-Being Is Worth Studying, Isn't It? Feb. 26, 2019
Our president is obsessed with his wall. I can relate to that. I really, really want a national well... Read More
Potential US Armed Intervention Looms Over Venezuela Feb. 25, 2019
Even as President Donald Trump works to extricate the U.S. military from Afghanistan and Syria, admi... Read More
The Sad, Tragic Saga of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Feb. 24, 2019
This week brings another teachable moment in the sad and tragic saga of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (ak... Read More
Debate Over Isis Bride's Citizenship Not About Trump Feb. 24, 2019
WASHINGTON — In 2014, Hoda Muthana, then 20 years old, left Alabama to become an ISIS bride in... Read More
Race, Trump and Local News Feb. 22, 2019
A family invited a traveling evangelist to stay in their home. (He was preaching at the family's chu... Read More
Is Socialism a Threat to America, to Democrats or Both? Feb. 21, 2019
In his State of the Union Address, President Donald Trump previewed a theme we are likely to hear a ... Read More
Inquiring Minds Want to Know Why Grocers Keep Selling the National Enquirer Feb. 21, 2019
The National Enquirer, long the clown prince of American media, lately has become something more sin... Read More
A Walking, Talking, Tweeting State of Emergency Feb. 20, 2019
WASHINGTON — Presidents Day. No need to be glum if you stick with George Washington and Abraha... Read More
Trump's Phony-Yet-Legal Border Emergency: Congress Seems to Have Authorized This End Run Around Its Spending Power. Can It Do That? Feb. 20, 2019
Members of Congress who are dismayed by Donald Trump's invocation of emergency powers to build his b... Read More
Democrats Can't Hide Crazy Feb. 17, 2019
Back in November, I predicted all this. I wrote my most controversial column. After the GOP lost the... Read More
Pagan Politics in Post-Christian America Feb. 15, 2019
In 2016, I dissented. I said that, even though I had been an elected Republican, I could not support... Read More
Radical Rollbacks of Payday Lending Rules Make Exploiting the Poor Easier Feb. 15, 2019
The time has come to consider an official name change for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau t... Read More
It Never Works, Yet Trump Is Once Again Trying to Bomb Toward Peace Feb. 15, 2019
George Carlin said, "Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity." Given the timing, I assume ... Read More
Trump Can't Win in 2020, But Democrats Could Lose Feb. 14, 2019
If the 2020 election were simply a question of whether voters want President Donald Trump to serve a... Read More
Trump's Bump: Huge Gain After State of the Union Speech Feb. 14, 2019
Now that polls are filtering in after President Donald Trump's triumphal State of the Union speech, ... Read More
Will 2020 Be a Repeat of 1972? Feb. 11, 2019
As George Santayana wrote, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." While it... Read More
End the Foot-Dragging on Trump's Nominees Feb. 08, 2019
A president should have the team around him of his choosing to help run the government. But as Presi... Read More
NFL's Kaepernick Still Calls Criminal Justice System 'Racist' -- Despite Reform Action and Lack of Evidence Feb. 07, 2019
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's attorney accused the musical group Maroon 5 of crossing th... Read More
'I Ask You to Choose Greatness' Feb. 07, 2019
This Tuesday night, President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address. It was optimist... Read More
In Trump's Haste for a Foreign-Policy Victory, He Must Not Abandon Afghanistan Feb. 07, 2019
The Trump administration, anxious for some kind of a foreign-policy victory after repeated false sta... Read More
