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Unrestrained Rhetoric Could Have a High Cost Apr. 06, 2016
Democracies are inevitably raucous, but they are often more fragile than their citizens believe. Ame... Read More
Dangerous Donald Trump Apr. 05, 2016
Donald Trump's victories in the Republican primaries may make him seem like a sure winner. But those... Read More
Obama's Underused Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card Apr. 05, 2016
"Did 'Hope and Change' really mean: 'Arguably, better than the very worst?'" political science profe... Read More
Sanders Is Getting Away With Murder Apr. 01, 2016
David Harsanyi is off. The following is a column by William Murchison. I've resisted coming down to... Read More
How the Clintons Made Donald Trump Mar. 30, 2016
Donald Trump is a boor. He's a vulgarian, a liar, an ignoramus. He has only the most cursory grasp o... Read More
Would The Donald Govern Like Arnold? Mar. 27, 2016
They're both iconic figures in American culture who are known by their first names. California's for... Read More
Women are Key to November: What Do They Really Want? Mar. 25, 2016
Women think men are transparent and easy to figure out. Everybody knows that. But women are a puzzle... Read More
Missing: Any Challenge for the Common Good Mar. 19, 2016
For the presidential campaign of 2016, the best estimate is that the candidates, their political act... Read More
An Open Letter to Sen. Marco Rubio Mar. 18, 2016
When I read this morning that Marco Rubio had said that Ted Cruz is the only conservative left in th... Read More
How the West Was Shunned in Primary Politics Mar. 17, 2016
There's a not-insignificant part of the United States known as the West Coast. It includes such prom... Read More
Obama to GOP: Do as I Say, Not as I Did Mar. 17, 2016
Washington, D.C., should host an Olympics for finger-pointing. There would be no shortage of accompl... Read More
Yuk It Up, America, While You Still Can Mar. 16, 2016
We will look back upon these days and laugh. How could we not? Won't students of the future look bac... Read More
Hey, Hillary: Smile, Girl Mar. 16, 2016
You know, the world would be a happier place if a girl would just smile more. Just ask the guys on T... Read More
A Political Year Desperate for Humor Mar. 12, 2016
Boy, do I miss Ronald Reagan's robust sense of self-confidence, which enabled him to use self-deprec... Read More
Desperate Tactics Mar. 08, 2016
It is desperation time for the Republican party establishment. Its extremely well financed favorite ... Read More
Random Thoughts Mar. 08, 2016
Random thoughts on the passing scene: The presidential election prospects for the Democrats are so b... Read More
Hillary Clinton's False Hopes Mar. 03, 2016
Surely, Hillary Clinton hopes for the happy conclusion to the maddening string of primaries and cauc... Read More
Barbarians at the Gate Mar. 02, 2016
The Republican Party has long been led by the rich and the powerful who win elections by persuading ... Read More
Last Chance for America? Part II Mar. 02, 2016
The worst political blunder of all time, according to scientist Freeman Dyson, was the decision of t... Read More
War, Peace and the Next President Feb. 21, 2016
When President Woodrow Wilson ran for re-election in 1916, as Europeans slaughtered each other on an... Read More
