The punditocracy whipped itself up into a a hot frenzy over the weekend about Mr. Trump’s recent rise in the polls against Secretary... Read More

Donald Trump, sounding something like Bernie Sanders, says he’s building a “movement.”And in a sense, Trump is right. He is... Read More

This president has now been at war longer than any other in history. That must end.“President Obama came into office seven years ago... Read More

I’ve grown to hate the phrase “community-police relations.” Often, this phrase is used to describe the current public... Read More

The evidence is now clear: the much-debated “Ferguson Effect”—in which heated protests lead to hesitant cops and higher... Read More

The likely Democratic presidential nominee has lost a ton of recent primaries and presides over a deeply divided party.That’s a pretty... Read More

Every time Donald Trump has won another contest, or risen in the polls, or survived another round of criticism, a chorus of voices has risen... Read More

Who the hell cares about a trade war? You, dear reader. Or at least you should, despite the bloviations of the presumptive Republican... Read More

The president vows “firm, tough enforcement” against China, and slaps a new tax on Chinese steel that would nearly quintuple its... Read More

Bernie Sanders’s beliefs have been obvious from the start. He thinks wealthy elites exert too much influence over American politics. He... Read More

President Obama, standing in front of the American and Communist flags, announced in Hanoi this week that he’s ending the embargo that... Read More

Hillary Clinton may be the weakest prohibitive favorite ever to run for the presidency.She is generally given strong odds of beating Donald... Read More

A new Washington Post/ABC News poll released Sunday finds Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in a statistical tie, with Trump leading Clinton... Read More

Hey, we need to talk.Wait, who said that?It’s me, your panicked liberal friend. Remember me? The one who is convinced Donald Trump is... Read More

Donald Trump has a knack for nicknames. Low-energy Jeb caught something of Jeb's entitled aura. "Little Marco" got at something truly... Read More

As President Obama visits Vietnam, we are struck by the fact that most citizens of both countries have no living memory of a conflict that... Read More

Barack Obama hasn’t learned much in his seven years (and counting) in the White House, but he might have learned a little. He bowed to... Read More

In the wake of a mini-protest of Bernie Sanders supporters against the Nevada Democratic Party at its state convention in Las Vegas, Hillary... Read More

When you differ from people you admire, you have to question yourself. After all, what is the purpose of admiring people if they aren't... Read More

Roughly 70 percent of women in the United States hate Donald Trump. The reasons are too innumerable to list here, but we can begin with his... Read More

Those of a certain age will recall the 1990s, the good old days when James Carville warned America that only “an abusive,... Read More

For political observers, 2016 feels like an earthquake — a once-in-a-generation event that will remake American politics. The... Read More

Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer discusses Donald Trump on "Reliable Sources" with CNN's Brian Stelter. BRIAN STELTER, CNN:... Read More

Last month, a pastor named Jordan Brown, who is openly gay, went into a Whole Foods Market in Austin, Texas, and purchased a cake. He ordered... Read More

In 1987, the TV evangelist Oral Roberts told his viewers he needed urgently to raise $8 million — or “God will call me... Read More

After the slaughter of nine worshipers at a South Carolina church last June, but before the massacre of eight students and a teacher at an... Read More

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey has again drawn the wrath of the White House for calling attention to the rising... Read More