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
Forget the sunny-side propaganda put out by all sides on the Great Border Security Compromise Act of 2019. It's intentionally fatal flaw lets southern-border municipalities nix wall construction on their turf for any reason they choose. Published February 17, 2019
The national Democratic Party is drifting into a dangerous zone of politics in America. Published February 12, 2019
With the exception of Ronald Reagan, our presidents since JFK have been unable to resist the stirring bugle-and-drums call of what President Dwight D. Eisenhower called the "military-industrial complex." Published February 3, 2019
Florida Sen. Little Marco took a step closer to becoming the Republicans' Nancy Pelosi when he aimed a stream of water on President Trump's possible use of his emergency powers to get that $5.7 billion border thing built. Published January 28, 2019
The reaction to President Trump's signing a continuing resolution that reopens government for 21-days but without $5.7 billion for border security is like this winter's weather - colder than some people would like but warmer than expected. Published January 26, 2019
President Trump, showing unhesitant leadership, has recognized Juan Guaido as interim, though not-really-legal president. That's an extraordinary -- wait, make that unprecedented -- slap in face of an elected president, in this case Nicolas Maduro, of another country, in this instance Venezuela. Published January 23, 2019
National Football League officiating this season has been the worst ever. Published January 20, 2019
Ann Coulter, one of America's smartest woman arsonists and brashest wingers, tweeted her angst about President Trump's proffered deal on border security and ending the shutdown: "Trump proposes amnesty. We voted for Trump and got Jeb!" Published January 20, 2019
Be careful on interpreting Robert Mueller's statement about BuzzFeed. It's not completely clear that the special counsel is disputing the BuzzFeed core claim or something else. Published January 19, 2019
William P. Barr is about to become, as Fox's Trump-trashing Sheppard Smith put it on Tuesday, the "new boss" of Robert Mueller's Russia election-interference investigation. Published January 16, 2019
Conservatives may laugh at Mitt Romney's oh-so-obvious flirt with mounting a 2020 nomination challenge to President Trump. They shouldn't. Published January 3, 2019
Some of our knowledgeable but more cranky foreign-policy experts have absolutely had it with President Trump -- as they have at least once a week every week since Jan. 20, 2017. Published December 23, 2018
Our judicial and executive branches are making us look more like a half-peeled banana republic. What else can you conclude when a federal judge hurls the accusation of treason at Michael Flynn, the former director of America's super-secret, super-important Defense Intelligence Agency? Published December 19, 2018
Some Democrats in Congress continue to further sully the image of America's federal lawmakers, falling over themselves in their intramural competition to see who can behave most unconscionably on border protection. Published December 14, 2018
George H.W. Bush was one of the best-prepared men in history to hold the presidency and forged a reputation as a master of the world stage while in office -- but he was also a trailblazing pioneer afterward, as an ex-president who showed life after the White House could be fun. Published December 2, 2018
You can't help pumping your fist and mouthing "yes!" on watching Sen. Lindsey Graham spring to action again on Wednesday. You could almost hear him going after Sen. Dianne Feinstein and other Senate Democrats during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings last month. Published November 29, 2018
The top jurist of the world's leading democracy has issued an absurdity of monumental proportions. Published November 22, 2018
Republican lawyer and presidential campaign aide Mike Karem, who served four U.S. presidents, died in Louisville on Nov. 5. He was 72. Published November 11, 2018
Thank President Trump and Justice Brett Kavanaugh for the red wall that reduced the blue wave to almost a ripple. Published November 7, 2018
