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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Akron, Ohio, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. Behind is former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Does Donald Trump help himself by bringing up Monicagate?

May 23, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

I grabbed my earlobe and jiggled it in disbelief at the words I was hearing from former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's mouth. Giuliani, a surrogate for Republican presidential candidate...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign stop in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Friday.

How Donald Trump gets stop-and-frisk wrong

May 23, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

As with many topics, Donald Trump doesn't know much about the policing policy widely known as stop-and-frisk, but that doesn't deter him one bit from Trump-splaining it to us with...

Hillary Clinton shakes hands with Donald Trump as moderator Lester Holt looks on during the presidential debate at Hofstra University on Sept. 26, 2016, in Hempstead, New York.

In first debate, Trump loses the battle against himself

May 23, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

Like countless other viewers, I wondered which Donald Trump would show up Monday night to debate Hillary Clinton: hyper Donald or sedate Donald. Hyper Donald is the one we usually...

President Barack Obama speaks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, in Washington, D.C.

No, racism did not start with President Obama

May 23, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

Days before the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture near the Washington Monument, a couple of bizarre political developments illustrated why we Americans need it....

Voting booths are set up for early voting at the Black Hawk County Courthouse on Sept. 27, 2012, in Waterloo, Iowa.

How Clinton and Trump can win the undecided voters

August 21, 2019 at 8:12 p.m.

Really? Are there really undecided voters left? Yes, as hard as it may be for most of us to believe, after putting up with the ads and soundbites of the...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Trump International Hotel, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, in Washington.

Trump quits ‘birtherism,’ but not the lying

May 23, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

News flash: Donald Trump now believes that President Barack Obama was born in the country of which he is president. That news may be a relief to the president, although...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during a memorial service at the National 9/11 Memorial Sept. 11, 2016 in New York.

Why Democrats grumble as Hillary Clinton stumbles

June 2, 2019 at 4:53 p.m.

Hillary Clinton kept her pneumonia diagnosis under wraps for two days because she "didn't think it was going to be that big a deal." Right. That's what she used to...

Thinking out loud about Chicago’s violence

May 23, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

"More than 500 people have been murdered in Chicago this year," says one of my conservative friends. "I can't wait to see what you write about that." Why? You didn't...

Longtime conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly endorses Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump before Trump begins speaking at a campaign rally in St. Louis, March 11, 2016.

Phyllis Schlafly’s influence lives on in Donald Trump’s candidacy

May 23, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

Rest in peace, Phyllis Schlafly. I respected her for her leadership skills, even when she campaigned against almost all of the causes that I supported. I also was often bewildered...

Rachel Dolezal, shown in 2015, will headline an event in Dallas that celebrates African-American hair activism and braiding.

Rachel Dolezal’s ‘natural hair’ politics

May 23, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

In this summer of raw identity politics, it is ironically appropriate that everyone's favorite fake black woman, Rachel Dolezal, is back in the news. Dolezal, you surely recall, was the...

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