May 15, 2015
I came across a new poll by Gallup that was like stepping through the looking glass.
May 6, 2015
Its futility makes me so weary it’s hard to type the question, but I’ll type it anyway: Why do the elite Washington media, especially the influential Sunday morning shows, continue to pay deference to, and take seriously, the opinions of John McCain?
Jan 13, 2015
I was wondering when Rick Santorum was going to reassert himself into the discussion of potential candidates for the Republican Party's 2016 presidential nomination. That moment came on January 11 in an interview published in The New York Times.
Jan 9, 2015
My initial reaction to the collapse of The New Republic was hardly unique given that I'm someone who cobbles together a living by writing, teaching, and being generally committed to a life of the mind.
Dec 29, 2014
In getting the news media to blindly parrot the use of the word assassination they are attempting to shape the public's understanding of reality.
Dec 26, 2014
The real cause of "racial tension" is the many thousands of people who have taken to the streets, since the grand jury decisions against indicting the white police officers responsible for the deaths of Brown and Garner, to protest the institutionalization of police violence.
Dec 18, 2014
There's reason to believe Bush does not have a Romney problem. Not in the way we currently think. Business is a natural part of the Bush family experience. Business and politics go hand to such a degree that there's no distinction between them.
Dec 16, 2014
Congressional Republicans have run out of options in countering President Barack Obama's decision to exercise "prosecutorial discretion" in the enforcement of federal immigration law.