Back to the future with Pat Buchanan
OPINION- I saw the future exactly 30 summers ago while on assignment in Iowa. I just didn't know it.
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Newton’s third law rules Washington politics
At a time when questions about the rule of law are in the air, it is important to remember that Donald Trump hasn't overturned Isaac Newton's third law of motion,...
who’s a hero in the age of Trump?
OPINION- John Adams and Samuel Adams are in, but John Quincy Adams isn't. Alan Shepard and John Glenn are in, but Gus Grissom isn't. Betsy Ross is in, but Ross...
Political downward mobility
OPINION- Cuomo is the former governor of New York, and Carney is the former governor of Delaware.: When their gubernatorial jobs brought them together at the state chief executives' annual...
America’s periodic reckoning begins
OPINION- Now begins the run-up to an important marker in our national life, one that will spark contemplation and controversy.
What do about the war powers act?
OPINION- The War Powers Act. Of the many great ideas that turned into colossal duds, the War Powers Act may be the champion,
Trump’s big, beautiful Iran question
OPINION- For days, Donald Trump - impetuous, intuitive, instinctive, but not known for introspection -- grappled with the path forward in Iran, and with his historical legacy.
Humbled by office, most leaders have respect for their predecssors
The distinguished historian David Herbert Donald once tried to prompt John F. Kennedy to evaluate the performances of his predecessors. "No one has a right to grade a president --...
Florida’s political shift from purple to deep red
OPINION Florida once was regarded as the prototypical swing state, much like Nevada, which voted Republican six times in the past dozen presidential elections and went Democratic six times in...
Americans face deep questions
OPINION- This is an era when the great certainties that ruled American life for nearly three generations are being questioned more deeply, more widely and more seriously than at any...
