I've learned that it's best not to say anything about a terrorist atrocity on social media, especially not if it& Read More
The government's handling of the situation contrasts favorably with the nationalists' hysteria. Read More
It's one of the greatest examples of careful what you wish for in political history: President Obama is going to be replaced by the kind of... Read More
Exempt $11,500 of every worker's pay from payroll tax; enforce immigration laws; provide child-care and maternity leave benefits; control... Read More
An anonymous CIA official tells The Washington Post and The New York Times that Russia hacked to elect Donald Trump. Gives zero details. Read More
On Monday, the Electoral College cast its ballots, and now Donald Trump is officially the next president of the United States. Even now, we... Read More
Anthony Weiner and the FBI were only in the picture because she felt the rules did not apply to her. She might still have won had her husband... Read More
We've gone beyond virtue-signaling to toxic brew of all-you-people-need-to-shut-up-and-listen-to-why-you're-the-problem ranting. Read More
In a Turkish assassination, the West sees its frightening future Read More
Mark Zuckerberg appeared presidential earlier this year when he gave a speech at an annual Facebook event. He said traveling around the world... Read More
He arrives at Children's Medical Center Dallas wearing a silly felt hat, like Santa's, except this one is blue and sports a Mavericks... Read More
Can he really hold onto his base? Read More
In any razor-thin voting outcome, it’s easy and fun to cite oddball or esoteric factors and claim they “decided” the... Read More
Most presidents wait until inauguration before sparking their first foreign policy crises. Donald Trump has a month to go, and he has already... Read More
The brazen lack of introspection among media organizations over its role in the election doesn't pass the smell test. Read More
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Being Bulgarian, I can tell you that international news media cover elections in small European countries the same... Read More
The American people want change in our national government. That much seems clear, at least, from this year’s election. Most Americans,... Read More
Mick Mulvaney's friends in the House Freedom Caucus couldn't believe what they were hearing.It was the Monday night following... Read More
The thing about “The Apprentice” is you could turn it off. Now we get to watch Donald Trump all the time. There’s nowhere... Read More
''The outgoing US president has spawned a callow, cowardly series of leadership miscarriages that bullied friends and empowered enemies.'' Read More
The Electoral College was created 229 years ago as a check and balance against popular sovereignty. And, with its formal endorsement of... Read More
Like the effort to force recounts in swing states won by Trump, the attempt to persuade the Electoral College to see the president-elect as... Read More
In the wake of the 2016 election, a long-standing debate within progressive circles has been reignited: Whatever shall we do with the white... Read More
Fault lines in the earth’s crust constantly move at a pace nearly imperceptible, building tension until a breaking point results in... Read More
With the presidential candidates scrambling the electorate in unpredictable ways,... Read More
Donald Trump. Saying it out loud could practically get you lynched in Silicon Valley. Still. Never mind that he won the election. Especially... Read More
Don't ask Americans under threat to put their fears aside in the name of unity. Read More
Is the presidential election really over, finally, or is this Electoral College business simply another clever ruse to trick us? Read More
Democrats had a knife, and the GOP had a gun, writes New York Times columnist David Leonhardt, remarking in particular on what he views as... Read More
Over the 40-some years that I have been working or closely observing the political campaign business, the rules of the game haven't changed much. Technology has changed the business somewhat, but the people who ran campaigns in the 1970s could have (and in some cases actually have) run them four decades later.But suddenly this year, the rules seemed to change. Let me try to count the ways.1) Money Read More
Already this month, Donald Trump has used Twitter to dangle potential Cabinet nominations and changes in foreign policy, criticize the Boeing Co., lash out at a union leader, and lambaste Vanity Fair over a review that trashed his Trump Tower restaurant. The president-elect has also taken to his favorite social media platform to scoff at reports of Russian hacking, dismiss questions about conflict Read More
President Obama made headlines Friday with his repeated assertion that Russia hacked private emails to damage Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid -- Read More
