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President-elect Donald Trump talks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 28, 2016.

Will Trump’s Twitter fixation push away his defenders?

May 11, 2019 at 3:50 a.m.

The political class is still coming to grips with what appears to be Donald Trump's novel management philosophy: Government by Twitter. Put aside the by-now-familiar weirdness of our president-elect's gloating...

President Barack Obama gave his last press briefing and answered questions from reporters, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on Dec. 16, 2016 in Washington, D.C.

Obama going out in a blaze of self-interest

May 11, 2019 at 3:49 a.m.

Of all Barack Obama's costumes, the most ill-fitting is that of the hawk. The guise doesn't work for all sorts of ideological and historical reasons. Plus there's the fact that...

President-elect Donald Trump and Todd Ricketts, a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, shake hands as Ricketts leaves the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016.

Should we be wary of a looming plutocracy?

May 11, 2019 at 3:47 a.m.

The net worth of Donald Trump's Cabinet appointments so far reportedly exceeds $14.5 billion (if you include Trump's deputy commerce secretary pick, Todd Ricketts). As someone utterly immune to plutophobia...

Trump and the Russian hacking claims: a toxic situation

May 11, 2019 at 3:47 a.m.

Of course Donald Trump thinks it's "ridiculous" to claim the Russians rigged the election for him. Even if Vladimir Putin confessed to the crime on Russia Today, Trump would not...

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a Victory Tour Rally, on Dec. 8, 2016, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Trump’s presidency an opportunity to sell liberals on federalism

May 11, 2019 at 3:46 a.m.

There's a wonderful exchange in "A Man for All Seasons" in which Thomas More debates young idealist William Roper about the need for laws and giving the accused the benefit...

President-elect Donald Trump arrives at a rally at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C., Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016.

Can we really take Trump seriously, not literally?

May 11, 2019 at 3:46 a.m.

It would make a perfect click bait ad: "Learn this one simple trick to stop worrying about Donald Trump and Make America Great Again." What's the trick? All you have...

Construction continues on a pedestrian tunnel and expanding drop off and arrival roadways to 16 lanes at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on July 29, 2016, in Charlotte, N.C.

Infrastructure projects even conservatives could love

May 11, 2019 at 3:44 a.m.

"The conservatives are going to go crazy," Donald Trump's senior adviser, Steve Bannon, recently told the Hollywood Reporter about his grand plans for a massive new spending program. "I'm the...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump kisses a "Women for Trump" placard during a rally at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Fla., on Oct. 12, 2016.

Hypocritical complaints about the ‘normalization’ of Trump

May 11, 2019 at 3:43 a.m.

The war on normalization has begun. "The media is starting to normalize Donald Trump, and it should make you very scared," proclaims a headline at Salon. HBO's haughty in-house mocker,...

A protester holds up a sign near a burning trash fire and a police skirmish line during an anti-Trump protest in Oakland, California on November 9, 2016.

Our obsession with race is stretching beyond reason

May 11, 2019 at 3:43 a.m.

Some recent headlines: "The Electoral College is an instrument of white supremacy — and sexism," exclaimed Slate magazine. CNN: "Math is racist: How data is driving inequality." From the NBC...

How President Obama paved the way for President Trump

May 11, 2019 at 3:42 a.m.

While many are starting to grasp the enormity of Donald Trump's victory, few seem interested in coming to grips with the significance of Hillary Clinton's defeat. It's understandable, for several...

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