Commentary: Democrats, Republicans have undergone a role reversal
For most of my life the rule of thumb was that the GOP was the ideological party and the Democratic Party was the coalitional party. This always was an overgeneralization....
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Commentary: The age of impeachment and the death of shame
As the impeachment trial fizzles out this week, I'm left wondering if the GOP has lost its mind, because the only other choice is that I have. I'm not referring...
Commentary: What is a conservative these days, anyway? Here are some of the battle lines.
For most Americans, conservatism basically means the stuff Republicans are for, and liberalism means whatever Democrats are for. I don't mean this as a criticism, just a statement of fact....
Commentary: If it’s coming down to Biden and Sanders, keep an eye on Bloomberg
As of this writing, the Democratic presidential contest looks very fluid, with four candidates bunched up in Iowa and New Hampshire. But the sudden relevance of foreign policy, thanks to...
Commentary: The one glaring problem with the ‘impeachment is partisan’ argument
The new normal is to worry about impeachment becoming the "new normal." On Wednesday, during the interminable "debate" on articles of impeachment, one Republican House member after another warned, threatened,...
Commentary: Only a wiseacre would question Joe Biden’s appeal to nostalgia
I like the word malarkey, consarn it. It's the bee's knees. Sure, the youngsters might say, "OK, boomer" on hearing Joe Biden utter the word, but if you think he's...
Commentary: Republicans’ impeachment strategy looks like splattered paint — but it will probably work
Maybe you're a fan of Jackson Pollock's paint-splatter stuff. That's cool. My only point is that when you flick paint at a canvas, nobody expects the result to look like...
Commentary: What really happens if we make billionaires pay for everything? The middle class loses political power.
Forget whether the math works. (It doesn't.) Expecting billionaires to pay for all the nice things is bad for democracy. One of the more exhausting rituals of presidential campaign season...
Commentary: Party bosses in smoke-filled rooms would be better than the dreamy wish lists of pandering primaries
The Democratic primary campaign started in January, but it already feels as if it began in the late Jurassic period, and the first votes are still three months away. Primaries...
Commentary: The GOP’s ‘perfect’ plan to survive impeachment
In response to news reports over the weekend that at least one additional administration whistleblower has come forward to say what he or she knows about President Donald Trump's Ukrainian...