
A Seesaw of Sore Losers and their Special Counsels
Just under a year from now, on February 3, 2020, Iowa will hold its caucuses. A month later, the Democrats and the Republicans both will […]
Just under a year from now, on February 3, 2020, Iowa will hold its caucuses. A month later, the Democrats and the Republicans both will […]
As the perpetrators of one of the most shameful scandals in American political history begin slowly to retreat, we are left to ponder one overarching […]
We Americans like big things. The Big Mac, the big car, the big house. For their part, American leaders tend to love big foreign policy […]
Did you even notice? Did anything in your life change? The federal government was partially shut down for 35 days, but was your life at […]
It could be the most investigated and costliest 20-minute meeting in political history. I’m talking, of course, about the infamous June 9, 2016 encounter between […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) aligned with the NeverTrump faction of Republican senators Thursday to introduce and pass a resolution to “rebuke” President Trump. […]
I have a friend who tells me that attempts to understand Donald Trump in the ordinary ways we understand politicians, even truly remarkable politicians, are […]
It was a mistake to disband the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in 1945, just months after we had won World War II. Within just […]
After what seemed to be a done deal following a relatively smooth public hearing last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee now has delayed until February […]
Last week’s arrest of Roger Stone at the behest of Special Counsel Robert Mueller incites me to recall Joseph Welch’s famous question of Senator Joseph […]
While the national debate continues over how secure our border will be, another aspect of illegal immigration continues to snake its way through the courts. […]
The Trump presidential campaign’s alleged ties to WikiLeaks have been a pivotal piece of the Trump-Russia “collusion” story since the beginning. In order to mitigate […]
Members of the mainstream media understandably resent President Trump’s description of them as purveyors of “fake news.” After all, they do the public a service […]
Last week in the Russian collusion saga, we learned that the FBI opened an investigation into the president because it disagreed with him on a […]
Since the media would doubtless answer that loaded question, “It depends on the president,” let us imagine the following scenario. Return to 2008, when candidate […]
It’s a good thing President Trump canceled the Democrats’ overseas excursion this weekend because Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has some work to do here at […]
If you’re not the first lady, being alone in the Oval Office with the president of the United States is a rare occurrence. Even visiting […]
Those of us who have closely followed the unfolding scandal at the Justice Department— particularly how the FBI abused its power not only to spy […]
The New York Times wants you to believe that President Trump “colluded” with Russian intelligence to swing the 2016 presidential election in his favor. A […]
This week’s confirmation hearings for William Barr, the former U.S. attorney general nominated by President Trump to serve in that post once again, are expected […]