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Our Three Presidents Born in 1946 Apr. 14, 2017
With the inauguration of Donald Trump this year, we have now had, for the first time in our history,... Read More
No to a Deportation Force Apr. 14, 2017
President Donald Trump has been flip-flopping right and left recently — much of it for the goo... Read More
Sean Spicer Must Go Apr. 14, 2017
The president's press secretary is either the stupidest person to ever hold a senior position in the... Read More
The Missiles of Holy Week and the Rule of Law Apr. 13, 2017
The history of the world is the history of violence. I had planned to write this column about the mo... Read More
In Syria, the Wrong Kind of Humanitarian Intervention Apr. 13, 2017
Americans are a generous and selfless people, ever eager to improve the lives of foreigners cursed t... Read More
The President Is Allowed to Change His Mind Apr. 13, 2017
WASHINGTON — It looks like former President Obama's national security adviser Susan Rice will ... Read More
What It Takes Apr. 12, 2017
For years, I have been trying to figure out what it will take to make my students care about politic... Read More
Sean Spicer's Regret Is Not Enough Apr. 12, 2017
It started in 1939. Nazi Germany launched its euthanasia program, using poison gas to kill people wh... Read More
Is Trump Enlisting in the War Party? Apr. 11, 2017
By firing off five dozen Tomahawk missiles at a military airfield, our "America First" president may... Read More
Mired in the Present, They Won't Seize the Clean Energy Future Apr. 11, 2017
When Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908, America had almost no paved roads outside the cities... Read More
He Was Against Military Action in Syria Until He Was for It Apr. 11, 2017
Even many of President Donald Trump's most vocal critics are supporting his limited military respons... Read More
An Indispensable Nation After All Apr. 11, 2017
We start to see again why Madeleine Albright, when she was secretary of state, called America "the i... Read More
Trump's Cabinet Stacked With Advisers Who Have Military Ties Apr. 10, 2017
WASHINGTON — Before he was elected president, Donald Trump told biographer Michael D'Antonio t... Read More
Bannon vs. Bureaucrats Apr. 10, 2017
Steve Bannon is the core of the Trump White House, the keeper of the flame. He understands Donald th... Read More
Trump's Risky Syria Gambit Apr. 09, 2017
In the worldview Donald Trump brought to the White House, all problems are easy. Fix the economy by ... Read More
Trump's Syriana Apr. 08, 2017
WASHINGTON — When Donald Trump was a private individual in 2013, he used Twitter to tell Presi... Read More
Mistrust of Trump Threatens Political Corrosion and Rule of Law Apr. 07, 2017
Donald Trump's unorthodox campaign and unexpected victory have produced a culture of mistrust permea... Read More
First Step Down a Dangerous Path Apr. 07, 2017
For the moment, Donald Trump's bombing of a military airfield in Syria has earned him a measure of s... Read More
A Hole in the Constitution Apr. 06, 2017
The issue of federal government surveillance of Americans has largely occupied Washington politician... Read More
Liberals Find Community, and That Could Be Big Apr. 06, 2017
During the presidential campaign, many Hillary Clinton voters in Atlanta's suburbs thought they were... Read More
