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Trump Is Toxic, But Americans Are Not Aug. 08, 2019
Donald Trump is a toxin in the American political bloodstream, and the resulting symptoms are not on... Read More
Scott Presler's #BaltimoreCleanup Is Further Proof of 'Can-Do' Attitude Aug. 08, 2019
My column last week was written in response to what has become the typical claim of the political cl... Read More
No, Mr. President, Not Both Sides Aug. 08, 2019
After the massacres in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, we watched Donald Trump, the president who ... Read More
Stupid News Aug. 07, 2019
"Fake news!" shouts the president. His supporters cheer. That drives my colleagues into a frenzy of... Read More
Stop Blaming, Start Solving Aug. 07, 2019
President Donald Trump has signaled, if lightly, a willingness to consider measures to address mass ... Read More
Warning: How the VA 'Red-Flags' Patriots Aug. 07, 2019
Gun-grabbing crisis vultures just can't let the latest mass shootings go to waste. "Red flag" laws a... Read More
Claiming Trump's Rhetoric Inspires Mass Murder Aug. 07, 2019
The first question on everyone's lips was: Why? Why did that El Paso monster murder 22 and injure an... Read More
Exploiting Massacres to Raise Poll Ratings Aug. 06, 2019
It was two days of contrast that tell us about America 2019. In El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, f... Read More
Trump's Response Proves Only a Leadership Change Will Stop This Gun Carnage Aug. 06, 2019
In President Donald Trump's message to the nation Monday, after horrific mass shootings in Texas and... Read More
Putin Goes After Another Critic, But Don't Expect Defense of Democracy by Trump Aug. 06, 2019
The apparent poisoning of one of Russia's most prominent dissidents underscores the lengths to which... Read More
Build Those Walls! Aug. 05, 2019
The city where I live, an undistinguished place in Massachusetts, is getting ready to build a replic... Read More
Short Takes on Good-Driving Rewards and Ethiopia's Environmental Leadership Aug. 05, 2019
I'll Let You Off With a Coupon This Time Police in Tempe, Ariz., have taken a different approach to ... Read More
Who Needs Sweden Anyway? Aug. 04, 2019
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump crowed Friday when a Swedish judge released New York rappe... Read More
Death Penalty Politics Aug. 03, 2019
I have been studying death penalty politics (as well as law) for decades, largely because I've had t... Read More
Summertime in the Age of the Selfie Aug. 02, 2019
"Summertime/ and the livin' is easy." George Gershwin's haunting melody and DuBose Heyward's tender ... Read More
So, You Want Canadian Health Care? Aug. 02, 2019
These "debates" are to serious policy discussions as a kazoo is to an orchestra. You can say a kazoo... Read More
Trump's Actions Prove He's No Racist Aug. 02, 2019
If actions speak louder than words, President Trump is no racist. If he were truly one, he'd be oppr... Read More
Divided Democrats Take the Stage Aug. 01, 2019
The second round of Democratic debates kicked off Tuesday night in Detroit with the party's leading ... Read More
'There Is No Getting Used to This' Aug. 01, 2019
About an hour into Tuesday night's Democratic debate, Yamiche Alcindor, who covers the White House f... Read More
Free Stuff! Jul. 31, 2019
Never before have presidential candidates offered voters so much "free" stuff. Kamala Harris wants ... Read More
