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A Judicial Slap to a Careless Congress

October 17, 2016 - 7:00am

Another small step was taken last week on the steep and winding ascent back to constitutional norms. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the nation's second-most important court, did its judicial duty by reprimanding Congress for abandoning constitutional propriety.

Trump's Vile Candidacy Is Chemotherapy for the GOP

October 11, 2016 - 7:00am

"Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose."

          -- "Me and Bobby McGee"

Vladimir Putin Is Bringing Back the 1930s

October 10, 2016 - 7:00am

Vladimir Putin's serial humiliations of America's bewildered secretary of state regarding Syria indicate Putin's determination to destabilize the world. Here is an even more ominous indication of events moving his way: On just one day last week, Italian ships plucked 6,055 migrants from the Mediterranean.

Donald Trump's Rise Reflects America's Decay

September 29, 2016 - 7:00am

Looking on the bright side, perhaps this election can teach conservatives to look on the dark side. They need a talent for pessimism, recognizing the signs that whatever remains of American exceptionalism does not immunize this nation from decay, to which all regimes are susceptible.

In the High Plains, a Republican Worth Voting For

September 26, 2016 - 7:00am

Here on the High Plains, where the deer and the antelope once played, Denver's suburbs roam toward the Rockies' front range and the nature of today's polyglot politics is written in the local congressman's campaign schedule.

Deepen Charleston's Port, and the Big Ships Will Come

September 22, 2016 - 7:00am

Technology has put powerful computers in billions of pockets, but an invention much more mundane than the smartphone -- the shipping container: a rectangular steel box -- also has changed the world. Because of it, two of today's preoccupations -- infrastructure and globalization -- are connected by a chain of events that began more than 60 years ago and today runs through Congress and to the wharves of Charleston's booming port.

Putin's Post-Factual Politics

September 15, 2016 - 7:00am

Documents inconvenient to the regime went into the Ministry of Truth's slits and down to "enormous furnaces." Modern tyrannies depend on state control of national memories -- retroactive truths established by government fiat. Which is why Russia's Supreme Court recently upheld the conviction of a blogger for violating Article 354.1 of Russia's criminal code.

The IRS Commissioner Merits Impeachment

September 12, 2016 - 7:00am

Republican congressional leaders ardently want conservative members of the House to not force a vote on impeaching the IRS commissioner.

A 'Slush Fund' by Any Other Name

September 1, 2016 - 7:00am

Because truth in labeling laws are among the laws from which Washington feels exempt, the titles of congressional legislation often take liberties with the facts (e.g., the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act). The Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act, however, precisely names the ailment for which it is the remedy.

All Eyes on the Silver State

August 12, 2016 - 7:00am

Nevada, which calls itself the "Battle Born State," actually was born prematurely because of Republicans' anxiety. Now, 152 years later, it again is a subject of their anxiety.

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