A year ago, in August 2015, this column called “The Donald” the Democrats’ Trump card. It is hard to imagine…

Get ready to be shocked. I am going to defend Donald Trump. During a rally in North Carolina this afternoon,…

“I’m afraid the election’s going to be rigged. I have to be honest…. I’m telling you, November 8, we’d better…

A political campaign is — theoretically — about comparison of policies and personalities, pending final selection, on a designated day,…

Donald Trump can go down as one of the greatest Presidents in American history, if he can accomplish just a…

Republicans didn’t have much luck nominating a financial industry chief executive officer in 2012. Mitt Romney was a lousy candidate…

What did the political careers of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush have in common? Many observers, particularly supporters of…

The 2014 scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs was one of the few instances of genuine bipartisan outrage. An…

Americans like their politicians to engage in idiocy after periods of long reflection rather than upon impulse. This helps explain…

The Dukakis campaign could have been forgiven for humming a few bars of Hail to the Chief. Here is the…