Bopping themselves on their collective head, the Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled Thursday that gerrymandering somehow is not the province of the courts. Why not? Published June 27, 2019
First, take a deep breath. Now take a look at the Wall Street Journal. The otherwise fine newspaper editorially on Saturday blasted President Trump. For what? For not killing Iranians and blowing up Iranian targets to show how super our American power is. Published June 24, 2019
President Trump's shocking statement that Iran probably didn't mean to shoot down our $110 million spy drone sent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Democrats into a state of consternation -- which now becomes the 12th battleground state. Published June 21, 2019
Favoring sanctuary cities should be a disqualification for a potential president, President Trump said Tuesday. Published June 19, 2019
You can't get more basic and deep in the gut than this: The European Union elections over the weekend were really all about that live rail of politics everywhere -- immigration. Published May 30, 2019
CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday asked a simple question: When does life begin? Montana Gov. Steve Bullock dodged, his right knee pumping as if in a bicycle race. Published May 20, 2019
The Nationalist Spring is alive and growing as Australia's conservative prime minister Scott Morrison's unexpected win on Saturday appears to show. Published May 18, 2019
National Security Adviser John R. Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are patriots. But unlike President Trump, they are way too disposed to deploying American soldiers, guns and bombs to make the world over in our image. Published May 17, 2019
OK, I say this with trepidation because age is the third rail of polite discourse: Joe Biden as a 2020 presidential nomination candidate at this point in early 2019 looks, well, ancient. Published May 16, 2019
Harvard University is messing with academic freedom. Published May 13, 2019
There must be a way to discipline, even remove from office, a U.S. lawmaker who did what Sen. Mazie Hirono did to Attorney General William P. Barr. Published May 2, 2019
For President Trump's enemies, the salient and exploitable feature of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, released on Thursday, was Mr. Trump's attempts to interfere with an investigation that his own government was conducting. Published April 19, 2019
The response to the expected release of special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report on Thursday can make or break President Trump's reelection prospects for next year. Published April 17, 2019
President Trump's latest crooning over the Butcher of Pyongyang has his supporters scratching their heads. Published March 24, 2019
One possible not-so-pleasant impression is that a Republican congressman sounded as if he was reading Federal Aviation Administration talking points written by the Boeing public affairs staff. We're talking about Rep. Sam Graves, the House Transportation Committee's ranking Republican member. Published March 13, 2019
That dazzling light streaking through the Democratic firmament is AOC on her way to being the Democrats' 2020 presidential-nomination queen-maker. Published March 7, 2019
Enough Republicans in the Senate will vote with Democrats to block President Trump from his using emergency powers to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Published March 5, 2019
Every mildly or wildly enthusiastic supporter of President Trump has friends who are also supporters but are outraged over his "bull----" comment. Published March 4, 2019
Michael Cohen's testimony on Wednesday to the Democratic-run House Oversight Committee will lead most Americans to regard the whole painful spectacle as a sloppily aimed, wide-gauged shotgun blast. Published February 27, 2019
President Trump is on to something in Vietnam, where he's having his second historic hilltop meeting with Kim Jong-un, the once and probably future Little Rocket Man (LRM). Published February 25, 2019
