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The Shutdown Necessarily Continues Jan. 18, 2019
The Democrats have long supported securing the border. But it is a signature initiative from Preside... Read More
To Understand Election 2020, Watch America, Not the Politicians Jan. 17, 2019
Election 2020 is still 22 months away, but the political world can't wait. A decent number of Democr... Read More
More Veterans Are Needed in Political Office Jan. 17, 2019
Forty years ago, military veterans made up roughly three-quarters of Congress. By 2017, the proporti... Read More
Progressive Populism: A Different Kind of Political Beauty Jan. 16, 2019
What lessons can we progressives take from our ballot box wins last year (and for that matter, from ... Read More
The Whimsical Illogic of 'Assault Weapon' Bans: The Category Is Defined by Politicians, Who Focus on Looks Rather Than Function Jan. 16, 2019
Since 1996, Gallup has been asking Americans whether they support a ban on "assault weapons." Gallup... Read More
When Checks and Balances Fail Jan. 16, 2019
In February 2017, Dr. Christopher Duntsch became the first surgeon in American history known to be s... Read More
Wall Money for DACA Protection Jan. 16, 2019
Political compromises in Washington aren't easy to find these days, but for how long can an obvious ... Read More
China's Commercial Spies Encounter Blowback Jan. 16, 2019
The past year has witnessed an overdue international response to China's rapacious military espionag... Read More
Are We Truly One Paycheck From Disaster? Jan. 15, 2019
The partial government shutdown has forced some federal workers to move money around to pay for food... Read More
Signals From Outer Space Jan. 15, 2019
We're taking a break from the increasingly ridiculous game of chicken playing out in Washington and ... Read More
The Middle Way Jan. 15, 2019
One unremarked side effect of the uproar that goes by the name of Donald Trump is the hardening ever... Read More
Another Chance to End Gerrymandering Jan. 14, 2019
Last June, the Supreme Court fumbled an opportunity to deal a deathblow to political gerrymandering,... Read More
While America Slept, China Gained a Stranglehold on the Panama Canal Jan. 14, 2019
Decades have passed since tiny Panama ranked among Washington's big national security concerns. The ... Read More
Social Media Is People Jan. 11, 2019
In the 1973 dystopian film "Soylent Green," Detective Frank Thorn, played by Charlton Heston, invest... Read More
As Trump Digs in on Shutdown, Senate GOP Should Consider Veto Override Jan. 11, 2019
One easy solution to the three-week government shutdown appears to be growing more viable by the day... Read More
Disaster Relief Is Overdue Jan. 11, 2019
Expediency is essential when it comes to disaster relief. That's a fact that need not be debated. Bu... Read More
He Said, She and He said Jan. 10, 2019
The budget shutdown is currently the second-longest on record, on track to break the 1995-96 shutdow... Read More
The Trump 'Resistance': Right-Wing Racists Bad, Left-Wing Racists Not So Much Jan. 10, 2019
Newly elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., in a recent "60 Minutes" interview, said there ... Read More
There Is More to Governing Than Government Jan. 10, 2019
Republicans and Democrats are carrying on in Washington as if the fate of the world depends upon how... Read More
All Is Not Well at Southern Border Jan. 10, 2019
We do not have an emergency at the southern border, and so it's good President Donald Trump did not ... Read More
