Now it’s Trump’s America — can he deliver?
President-elect Donald Trump? Well, whaddaya know. There really was a "hidden Trump vote" after all. For months almost every opinion poll had Democrat Hillary Clinton firmly holding onto her No....
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Yes, Trump could ‘shake things up’ — with Putin’s help
Donald Trump's big Pee-wee Herman moment came during a clash in his final debate with his opponent Hillary Clinton over Russia. The moment came during a question about one of...
No difference between Clinton and Trump? Get serious
If ever there was a presidential contest that did not need an extra week, this is it. In case you haven't heard, an unusual quirk in the calendar and election...
Is Donald Trump the victim of a media conspiracy? Please.
Conditions for journalists who cover Donald Trump's presidential campaign have become so bad that some reporters are requesting transfers to Aleppo. Yes, that's a joke, but not by much. Almost...
How ‘SNL’ exposed the common thread of voter paranoia
Sometimes satire can expose truths in ways that journalists can only envy. This is particularly true when you are dealing with hard-to-believe developments like the rise of Donald Trump as...
What Donald Trump and the Rev. Al Sharpton have in common
One of my favorite tunes in the superhit musical "Hamilton" is a little ditty sung by King George III, who raises a very appropriate question for his former colonies today:...
Donald Trump’s unshackled attacks on the Constitution
When Donald Trump gloated that "the shackles have been taken off me," I immediately wondered, how was he shackled? Was that the shackled Trump, for example, who obsessively attacked Judge...
Smear-fest interrupted by Michelle Obama’s voice of reason
Can this presidential campaign get any weirder? Sensing nothing left to lose, according to reports, Republican hopeful Donald Trump's campaign is going for broke with a scorched-earth strategy, intended to...
Donald Trump’s bizarre alpha strategy a sign of desperation
British politician Nigel Farage is a big fan of Donald Trump, although he chose an odd way to express it while chatting with reporters backstage after Sunday's presidential debate in...
My ‘implicit bias’ against black people
In case you missed the vice presidential debate — and who didn't? — the most memorable moment came when Indiana Gov. Mike Pence sounded shocked, shocked, at the very idea...