WASHINGTON — The complaint that Iowa is not a typical American state is true but trivial because there is no such state. Can you name one whose political culture, closel...
Saying no to the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline across the Great Plains states would not change the demand for oil by one barrel nor would it lessen the impact of get...
At the turn of the year, many of us pause to reflect on where we’ve been and where we need to go. I want to thank some who moved us forward this past year, and challenge...
What was the biggest political lie of 2011? Lots of competition there.
But recently Politifact, the St. Petersburg Times’ fact-checking website, declared its winner: the...
You’d think I would have learned my lesson. But at this time last year, I predicted six 2011 headlines, only one of which appeared — below the Mendoza Line even for a co...
WASHINGTON — Although they have become prone to apocalyptic forebodings about the fragility of the nation’s institutions and traditions under the current president, cons...
WASHINGTON — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is famously liberal and frequently reversed. Recently, however, a unanimous three-judge panel of this court did someth...
WASHINGTON — There are moments when our political system, whose essential job is to mediate conflicts in broadly acceptable and desirable ways, is simply not up to the t...
In those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
And all...
WASHINGTON — Now that Congress has finally reached a compromise on what must be one of the worst pieces of legislation in years — the temporary payroll tax holiday exten...
