There was no way that Donald Trump could shame John Lewis, no matter how much Lawrence O’Donnell of MSNBC tried to goad him
Bluster and saber-rattling: effective tools of foreign policy?
Mark Moyar wrote a fascinating editorial in The New York Times the other day. In “The World Fears Trump’s America. That’s a Good Thing,”
Comparing Trump and Hitler: Uncomfortable but necessary
Before the 2016 election, some historians and journalists compared Trump’s ascension with Hitler’s rise to power in Germany before World War II. Now that
A very unfair 160-year streak that Hillary Clinton could not overcome
James Buchanan did something that Hillary Clinton could not do, nor could any other Democrat since the election of Buchanan in 1856. Buchanan succeeded
Trump’s laughable conflict of interest plan
Experts in the field of government ethics apparently had to restrain themselves from laughing out loud at Donald Trump’s conflict of interest plan, as
Trump’s incoherence on full display at press conference
Don’t rely on condensed and cleaned-up news reports of Donald Trump’s Jan. 11, 2017 press conference to give the full picture of his incoherent
How to be a better, more active citizen in the Trump era
For me, 2017 has been marred with the knowledge that it ushers in the era of Trump. The incoming administration has promised to push
Condoleezza Rice endorses Sessions for AG: How upside-down is that?
It is shocking to learn that Condoleezza Rice has endorsed Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for US Attorney General. The former Secretary of State’s decision
Gerrymandering: A litmus test for honesty
Republicans like to talk about honesty; frequently that means being brash and politically incorrect. It’s incumbent for Democrats to see honesty as telling the
Holman rule: Purging federal employees
Republicans in Congress are binge-ing and purging–but their disorder isn’t of the eating variety. They are binge-ing on power and setting the stage–via passage