It would be easy – even inevitable – given the dysfunctional state of American politics to just say the heck with it – nothing works any...

It would be easy – even inevitable – given the dysfunctional state of American politics to just say the heck with it – nothing works any...

“Imagine a NASCAR driver mentally preparing for a race knowing one of the drivers will be drunk. That’s what prepping for this debate is...

“Imagine a NASCAR driver mentally preparing for a race knowing one of the drivers will be drunk. That’s what prepping for this debate is...

Poor old Alexander Hamilton. He’s about to lose his coveted spot on the $10 bill and be displaced by a woman. It’s way past time for that...

Poor old Alexander Hamilton. He’s about to lose his coveted spot on the $10 bill and be displaced by a woman. It’s way past time for that...

“I like people that weren’t captured, OK?” An old political friend once remarked, not altogether in jest, that the most “enjoyable” part...

“I like people that weren’t captured, OK?” An old political friend once remarked, not altogether in jest, that the most “enjoyable” part...

We remember 2008 right? The great recession? The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression? Recall the photos of grim faced...

We remember 2008 right? The great recession? The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression? Recall the photos of grim faced...

Don’t you love farce? My fault, I fear I thought that you’d want what I want, sorry, my dear But where are the clowns, send in the clowns...

Don’t you love farce? My fault, I fear I thought that you’d want what I want, sorry, my dear But where are the clowns, send in the clowns...

Truly defining moments are rare in our politics. They come around perhaps once a decade or so, but when they do occur they often signal a...

Truly defining moments are rare in our politics. They come around perhaps once a decade or so, but when they do occur they often signal a...

A great day for America with expansion of rights for same sex couples or a bleak day where the tyranny of five activist judges trump the...

A great day for America with expansion of rights for same sex couples or a bleak day where the tyranny of five activist judges trump the...

The marvelous British historian David Reynolds argues in his latest book – The Long Shadow – which explores the lasting legacies of World...

The marvelous British historian David Reynolds argues in his latest book – The Long Shadow – which explores the lasting legacies of World...

What we permit we promote. It has all become so predictable, the banality of mass death and guns and race in our exceptional nation. It...

What we permit we promote. It has all become so predictable, the banality of mass death and guns and race in our exceptional nation. It...