There is a very simple explanation for why people who have displayed some success in business rarely make it to the big time in politics....

There is a very simple explanation for why people who have displayed some success in business rarely make it to the big time in politics....

I’ve spent a good part of my life in politics accumulating a collection of one-liners and memorable stories uttered by politicians. My...

I’ve spent a good part of my life in politics accumulating a collection of one-liners and memorable stories uttered by politicians. My...

Any death, it is said, diminishes all of us and we instinctively know the wisdom of that truth even if we rarely acknowledge the...

Any death, it is said, diminishes all of us and we instinctively know the wisdom of that truth even if we rarely acknowledge the...

Nothing – nothing – is inevitable in politics. Let’s make that the first and last rule as we enter the long, grim slog to a national...

Nothing – nothing – is inevitable in politics. Let’s make that the first and last rule as we enter the long, grim slog to a national...

There is an old joke well known to owners of British automobiles of a certain age. It goes something like this: Question – Why have the...

There is an old joke well known to owners of British automobiles of a certain age. It goes something like this: Question – Why have the...

One of the most distressing things about current American culture – or perhaps I should say the most depressing thing – is the complete...

One of the most distressing things about current American culture – or perhaps I should say the most depressing thing – is the complete...

Years ago I enjoyed a delightful series of conversations with John Corlett, a true old-school newspaper reporter in Idaho who could...

Years ago I enjoyed a delightful series of conversations with John Corlett, a true old-school newspaper reporter in Idaho who could...

I’ve spent the last two weeks on a 3,000 mile road trip through nine very rural western and southwestern states – flyover country for...

I’ve spent the last two weeks on a 3,000 mile road trip through nine very rural western and southwestern states – flyover country for...

I took a political pilgrimage last week to an out-of-the-way little town in my native state. I’ve taken similar trips in the past to...

I took a political pilgrimage last week to an out-of-the-way little town in my native state. I’ve taken similar trips in the past to...

There is a wide-open field on the Republican side for the presidential nomination, with at least a half dozen serious contenders, while...

There is a wide-open field on the Republican side for the presidential nomination, with at least a half dozen serious contenders, while...