‘I Don’t Know Anyone Who Voted for Trump’
Pauline Kael, movie critic for The New Yorker, famously commented: “I live in a rather special world. I only know one person who voted for […]
Where’s the Evidence for Putin Backing Trump?
It’s been almost 21 months since the Obama Administration issued an “Intelligence Community Assessment” containing the explosive claim that the Russian government deliberately helped elect […]
Kavanaugh and the Revenge of the Clinton Gang
Hillary Clinton watchers agree: If she’s cackling, she’s lying. Hillary cackled this week in response to a comment by Brett Kavanaugh. Accused of being an […]
The One True Puerto Rico Death Toll and Other Fictions
How many people died in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria? From news accounts, we know the exact number: 48. I mean 64. […]
Climate Yo-Yos Yammer and Yell About Trump
Perhaps, in the Headline Hall of Fame, alongside “Headless body in topless bar,” we can add a new entry to display for generations to come. […]
Colin Kaepernick, Football’s Richest Martyr
It started with football players protesting the National Anthem, and ended, as protests often do, with money changing hands: The vile Colin Kaepernick becomes a […]
Manafort’s Web Ensnares NeverTrumpers, Democrats—Everyone
Paul Manafort was exactly what Donald Trump’s presidential campaign needed—and what it didn’t. At the end of March 2016, Trump was in trouble. He had […]
When LBJ Warned Us About Southern Republicans (Not Really)
“We have lost the South for a generation,” President Lyndon B. Johnson told an aide after he signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Actually, Johnson […]
Populism: The ‘Extremist’ Vision of Jefferson, Lincoln, and Reagan
At the heart of the current conflict in American politics is the belief among privileged elites that grassroots members of the pro-Trump movement—the “populists”—are ignorant […]
Russian Ads on Facebook Helped Democrats and the Left
The Russians, we learned learned this week, appear to have meddled already in the upcoming midterm elections with a series of advertisements on Facebook and […]
From Saving Species to Empowering Bureaucrats
In 1973, the Endangered Species Act passed the U.S. Senate with at vote of 92-0 and the House by a vote of 394-4. It seemed […]
The Establishment Hearts China
Communist China is one of the gravest threats this country has ever faced, in large part because many members of the American establishment see China […]
Russia Meddled and Almost Nobody Cared, Until . . .
Political leaders and journalists are deeply concerned about Russian meddling in U.S. elections. Took ’em long enough. The Russians have been meddling in U.S. elections […]
The Nonsense of Race
The concept of race—the idea that humans can be divided into a few discrete subgroups such as “white,” “black,” “brown,” and “yellow”—may be the most […]
McCabe, McAuliffe, and the Company You Keep
Dime con quién andas, y te diré quién eres, Mexicans say. Tell me who you walk with, and I’ll tell you who you are. That’s […]
‘Roseanne’ and the Game of Identity Politics
Margaret Thatcher said, “First you win the argument, then you win the vote.” I wish that were true. Usually, it’s not. People don’t often decide […]
Meowing Media Fuel Mass Delusion of Russian Collusion
Every mass delusion has a beginning. One day in the Middle Ages, a French nun began meowing. Other nuns soon joined in. Soon, all the […]
Federal Rulemaking: Some Are More Equal Than Others
Contrary to myth, frogs don’t swim around, unaware of danger, as the water around them gradually heats to a boil. Only humans are that stupid. […]
Why MAGA Mattered
In the 2016 campaign, the slogan “Make America Great Again” was simultaneously a cry from the heart and a masterpiece of political marketing. Ronald Reagan […]
Poof! Making Documents Vanish is the Democrats’ Way
Often, when I mention Hillary’s emails to people who work in the Defense Department or the Intelligence Community, they say something like, “If I did […]