June 27, 2018

Ryan's political judgment

How can Paul Ryan make any promises for the 2018 election?

September 4, 2017

Robert Mueller and the Sorcerer’s Apprentice

When he recused himself, Attorney General Jeff Sessions had a duty to ensure that the person who would stand in for him was up to the job. He failed to do this.

March 8, 2016

Without Carson and Kasich, Trump would have lost Super-Tuesday and the following Saturday decisively

Trump’s vote total was low enough to have brought him a major defeat. All that made the difference between his making good progress toward the nomination and being stalled was the vanity of two men who refused to face the reality that they had long since become irrelevant to the race.

March 2, 2016

Rubio's Lies on Immigration

All kinds of people have been discovering that the fresh-faced, innocent-looking Rubio makes a practice of deceiving and lying to them. 

September 28, 2015

Will the GOP keep repeating the same mistake?

All that the House GOP has to do is ask: who among our members has in the highest degree those qualities needed for leadership?

September 15, 2015

The GOP Leadership's Dubious Achievement: Donald Trump

The cost to the Republican Party of keeping inept leaders in place has been enormous, and Donald Trump¹s surge in the polls is just one part of that cost.

August 27, 2014

Obama is Seeing ISIS in the Wrong Context

This is not a matter of ending Bush's war, though that's how Barack Obama sees it.  Rather, it is a golden opportunity.

July 18, 2013

Janet Napolitano's Nomination for UC President: a Disaster in the Making

She cannot command respect beyond her own circle because she is seen as a narrowly partisan figure, and a polarizing one.