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Why Autocrats Are Replacing Democrats Feb. 19, 2019
"If you look at Trump in America or Bolsonaro in Brazil, you see that people now want politicians wh... Read More
Congress Loses a Man of Courage and Decency Feb. 16, 2019
As on so many matters, former Republican Senate leader Bob Dole put it best when he said that almost... Read More
Green New Deal a Bad Deal for Freedom Feb. 15, 2019
That otherwise serious lawmakers are embracing the fantastical Green New Deal offered by the painful... Read More
A Monument to Presidential Power Feb. 15, 2019
Mitch McConnell seems to have found a way to allow President Donald Trump to eat his cake (Mar-a-Lag... Read More
Unusual Allies Oppose Democrats' Equality Act Feb. 15, 2019
Radical feminists and conservative intellectuals make odd bedfellows, and you wouldn't expect to fin... 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
Proof Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Wrong for America Feb. 10, 2019
I knew Mike Root. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is no Mike Root. My uncle Mike Root died a few days ... Read More
The Green Raw Deal Feb. 08, 2019
Democrats in the House of Representatives have rolled out what they are calling a "Green New Deal." ... 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
The First Hit's Free Feb. 04, 2019
If you ever smoked cigarettes, chances are you didn't pay for the first one you ever smoked. You sto... Read More
Time to Get Rid of Nuclear Option to Force Budgetary Reconciliation Jan. 30, 2019
It's time to end federal government shutdowns once and for all. This tactic has been abused for deca... Read More
More Self-Inflicted Presidential Legal Woes Jan. 24, 2019
Last week, the investigative arm of BuzzFeed sparked a media frenzy with a report claiming that two ... Read More
Pettiness Won't End Shutdown Jan. 24, 2019
Now the budget standoff has become a petty grade school snit, leaving us to wonder how much worse th... Read More
The Shutdown Necessarily Continues Jan. 18, 2019
The Democrats have long supported securing the border. But it is a signature initiative from Preside... Read More
More Veterans Are Needed in Political Office Jan. 17, 2019
Forty years ago, military veterans made up roughly three-quarters of Congress. By 2017, the proporti... Read More
Washington's Perfect Storms, Inside and Out Jan. 16, 2019
WASHINGTON — The morning after a snowstorm, Washington looks serene and sparkling in a white w... Read More
Another Chance to End Gerrymandering Jan. 14, 2019
Last June, the Supreme Court fumbled an opportunity to deal a deathblow to political gerrymandering,... Read More
A National Emergency Might Backfire on Trump Jan. 13, 2019
If you can't stop someone from doing something you dislike, you can always hope he or she will event... Read More
Here Is the Progressive Agenda Jan. 12, 2019
Clintonite corporatists still control the Democratic National Committee, despite their long string o... Read More
As Trump Digs in on Shutdown, Senate GOP Should Consider Veto Override Jan. 11, 2019
One easy solution to the three-week government shutdown appears to be growing more viable by the day... Read More
