It was shortly before Christmas in Washington, D.C., a Saturday night In the early 2000s. I had been invited to a…

Let’s say there are two political parties in a country. The Evil Party and the Stupid Party. When the Evil…

“Race,” you said? A “national conversation” about race and the variant understandings and byplays that result from our differences? A…

You will hear a lot between now and when Congress convenes in January about how urgent it is that Defense…

As I watched the news coverage of the sad events in Ferguson, MO, a north side suburb of my hometown,…

Novelist and life peer P. D. James, since 1991 Baroness James of Holland Park, died peacefully at her Oxford, England…

There is nothing like watching politicians utter the naked truth. So rare it defies belief. Like Cidinha Campos, the blunt…

I’m sure after Thanksgiving weekend, people are tired of turkey. But I think when it comes to U.S. foreign policy,…

So, a roundup of the week. On Monday, wifey and I flew to Atlanta. The people at LAX looked as…

Elizabeth Lauten will be resigning as Tennessee Republican Congressman Steve Fincher’s communications director following a Facebook post in which she…