The ringleader’s embarrassing surrogate circus
Donald Trump just loves to talk about hiring magnificent people. "I'm going to surround myself only with the best and most serious people," he told The Washington Post in August....
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The GOP’s Trumpian escape fantasies: Hello, President Pence
As an opinion columnist, I get boatloads of interesting emails. Many are insightful. Some are touching, some hilarious. A few are a bit testy, WRITTEN IN ALL CAPS. But lately,...
Attention, Christians. Donald Trump should not be ‘our jerk’
"Yes, he's a jerk, but he's our jerk." When it comes to politicians, you've surely heard this line before. Until recently, in fact, certain conservatives used to mutter it in...
Got to wonder if Democrats want Trump to win
If you, like me, have read approximately 500,000 think pieces over the past year explaining the rise of Donald Trump, you might have picked up one consistent, enduring thread in...
Ivanka gets schooled: You can’t out-Left the Left
Ivanka Trump, the gorgeous mother of three who forever browses the periphery of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, is used to getting positive press. In February, she graced the cover...
No, it’s not ‘The Flight 93 election’
I'm a sucker for drama, so I suppose I should have loved the introduction to a now-viral piece, "The Flight 93 Election," published Sept. 5 at the Claremont Review of...
The golden age of fibbery
Sometimes I like to think back to the olden days, when it was easier for politicians to tell a good old-fashioned fib. Think of the age of the majestic woolly...
‘Let Trump be Trump’? Who else could he be?
Of all the political pundit-grown gobbledygook flying around this election year, wishful musings about an upcoming Donald Trump "pivot" were perhaps the most persistent. Ah, the mythical pivot — you...
No-brainer life lessons from the kindergarten election
Are you depressed about the presidential election? Do Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton astound you with their weapons-grade yet quasi-comical awfulness? When you read the news of the day, do...
Sorry, GOP: Trump just isn’t going to ‘pivot’
Back in mid-March — when Americans could still operate in healthy denial regarding the political tragicomedy to come — Dr. Ben Carson, fresh off of endorsing Donald Trump for president,...