The danger of a leader who believes what ‘people are saying …’
Do you remember the story from a while back about President Barack Obama using his own money during a government shutdown to open a Muslim museum? It was on Fox...
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What I discovered as a pro-gun-control member of the NRA
If the Republicans had nominated a skunk in the contest against Hillary Clinton, the National Rifle Association would have heartily embraced the odoriferous Mr. Stinky. A week ago, the NRA,...
Despite it all, America remains the greatest nation on Earth
It's easy to forget in the depths of a presidential primary season that the United States of America, while not perfect, is the greatest nation that has ever existed on...
GOP, Democrats move on to New York in search of clarity
Finally, the break we all needed to make sense of these presidential campaigns. And that, of course, is not true at all. There is some time before New York attacks...
GOP hierarchy should just get out of the way of the voters
There is no end to the cluelessness of those who are doing whatever they can to "stop" Donald Trump. Now the blabbering seems to be centering on stopping him at...
How Donald Trump is dismantling the Republican Party
"I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating." — William Magear Tweed, head of Tammany Hall, the New York City Democratic Party...
A race to drive traditionalists crazy
Every presidential primary creates its own history. New Hampshire's Tuesday legacy on the Republican side will be the measure of how angry those people are, and on the Democratic side,...
How working at a fast-food place prepared me for life
A raise for the folks who work at McDonald's-owned fast-food places? It's not only about time, it's not actually enough, and anyone who eats there should make that clear. This...
Ted Cruz is talking only to the cherry tomatoes
Well, here we go. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, perhaps the most conservative of the conservative Republicans (although the jockeying for that title isn't over yet), is in the 2016...
Dogged pursuit of a winter path for a short-legged pet
Because I made a promise to myself decades ago never to write about dogs — either dogs who have sadly died or dogs delightfully alive (and I have had it...