Where have we seen this play before: A woman comes forward to accuse a conservative of inappropriate behavior in hopes of harming him sufficiently so he will be unable to achieve his policy objectives? Published August 15, 2018
Prison reform has normally been an issue embraced by Democrats, not Republicans. But, perhaps, like so many other things in the Trump administration, this, too, is about to change. Published August 13, 2018
Dear Mr. President, "Would you take this advice I hand you like a brother?" It's a song lyric from the musical "The Pajama Game," but fitting here. Published August 8, 2018
Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the sci-fi movie classic "The Matrix," which depicts powerful machines attempting to subdue the human race. Published August 6, 2018
Every president since George Washington has suffered from a critical press. Published August 1, 2018
Like a baseball team that is way behind going into the fifth inning, Democrats (and socialists) are hoping for the political equivalent of a rainout, so that the game President Trump is winning will be canceled, allowing them time to regroup. Published July 30, 2018
For the current generation, sometimes referred to as millennials, it appears one thing is more seductive than sex — and that's socialism. Published July 25, 2018
San Francisco is permitting "undocumented immigrants," as political correctness demands we label them, to register to vote this November in local school board elections. Published July 23, 2018
Did President Trump bungle the moment in Helsinki by casting doubt on American intelligence findings that Russian agents "meddled" in the 2016 election? His critics, including some Republicans, say so — and on Tuesday, Mr. Trump said he had misspoken when he expressed doubt about Russian culpability. but several things need to be kept in mind. Published July 18, 2018
Last week was not a good one for anti-Trumpers, who include virtually all Democrats and most establishment Republicans. Published July 16, 2018
If Alexander Hamilton had been nominated for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court today, Democrats would likely oppose him. Published July 11, 2018
Much of Europe was asleep, or in denial, when the Nazis took power and began rebuilding their military in violation of the Versailles Treaty that brought World War I to an end. Now, after years of virtually unlimited migration from predominately North African and other Muslim regions, some European nations are awakening to what this could mean for their countries and are responding, hoping it's not too late. Published July 9, 2018
Bob Corker, the outgoing Republican senator from Tennessee, recently compared supporters of President Trump to members of a cult. The Washington Post quoted Sen. Corker as saying: "It's becoming a cultish thing, isn't it? It's not a good place for any party to end up with a cult-like situation as it relates to a president that happens to be of — purportedly — of the same party." Published July 4, 2018
The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy from the U.S. Supreme Court is about to bring a 60-year battle to a head. Published July 2, 2018
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the "global warming" (now known as "climate change") panic. Published June 27, 2018
As a longtime resident of Virginia, I am well aware of its sordid history when it comes to slavery, racism and discrimination. I can still remember "colored only" restrooms, water fountains, poll taxes and African Americans forced to ride in the back of the bus. Virginia public schools in the 1950s were mostly segregated, as they had been since first established in 1870. Published June 25, 2018
Need proof that the current controversy over children of undocumented immigrants is more political than humanitarian? Hillary Clinton said she was "adamantly against illegal immigrants" and supported a border wall until she ran for president in 2016. Published June 20, 2018
Would you consider a jihadist biased against Jews? Could a member of a white supremacist group be accused of bias against non-whites? Published June 18, 2018
I have often thought that tributes to those we love are best made when the object of our affection is still with us, rather than at their funerals. Published June 13, 2018
The unprecedented, historic and weird summit (Dennis Rodman might be there) between President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un, scheduled to begin Tuesday, if there are no surprises, could produce the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, or just more of the same lies and dissembling from North Korea we have seen before. Published June 11, 2018
