“More than a third of Americans believe that Medicaid is akin to welfare, with the implicit subtext that racial and ethnic minorities are...

“More than a third of Americans believe that Medicaid is akin to welfare, with the implicit subtext that racial and ethnic minorities are...

“Hello, Bob. So, we just pulled it.” Donald J. Trump phones Washington Post reporter Robert Costa to report on the art of his failed...

“Hello, Bob. So, we just pulled it.” Donald J. Trump phones Washington Post reporter Robert Costa to report on the art of his failed...

The U.S. Supreme Court this week confronts partisan politics and history in a way that will profoundly impact the court as an institution...

The U.S. Supreme Court this week confronts partisan politics and history in a way that will profoundly impact the court as an institution...

First the admissions: Democrats – thank Nancy Pelosi as well as the president for this – completely lost control of any coherent message...

Roberts: The Chief Makes History There will be days and days of analysis – some of it even important – of today’s historic Supreme Court...

There is an old and respected approach to judicial review of controversial and essentially political issues that holds that judges should...

Mark Twain is not remembered as a partisan political person, but more as an equal opportunity abuser of politicians of all stripes. “It...

Elections and the Court When the Obama Justice Department announced last week that it had asked the United States Supreme Court for an...

Hugh Billingsly (aka Ward Cleaver) must be smiling that knowing smile somewhere this weekend. He learned a lot as Wally and the Beav were...

As the first anniversary of the controversial national health care reform legislation – or more correctly health insurance reform...

Of all the incredibly funny things he said, that is my single favorite Mark Twain quote. I smile every time I see it. April has been Mark...

Dallek’s op-ed piece this week in the Wall Street Journal is a fitting wrap-up of this year in presidential politics and a must read....

Been wondering if there is any good news in the world? Wonder no more. Just in time for the Thanksgiving dinner comes new evidence – from...

Here is the opening graph of a Washington Post piece that ran on November 1st: “The debate over whether to let states opt out of any...

Max Baucus (right), the current chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, is on the verge of making history by writing (and...

Max Baucus (right), the current chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, is on the verge of making history by writing (and...