I used to think (a long, long time ago) that America was exceptional. That it couldn't happen here, where "it" was some atr...

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer . I first wrote about the loss of values in American politics in 2011, with "Civility: What...

When I read something that changes my mind, I sit up and take notice. In two recent posts on Facebook, I said I learned, contrary to my...

I've been keeping a collection of civic virtues that I once thought were generally non-controversial in American politics, but as I g...

The appeal of MAGA is an imagined past where America used to make things, before globalization took all the manufacturing overseas. Today...

Source: Carlos Barria / Reuters . I learned more about the so-called "migrant crisis" from an article in "The Atlantic...

Source: The New Yorker . In a book review in "The New Yorker" of Hanno Sauer's new book "The Invention of Good and...

Two social media posts in two days. One President with some Girl Scouts, pitching a documentary about our oceans. One pitching guitars for ...

Democrats seem to have the advantage on the issues. But Republicans have the advantage on messaging. Let's consider Missouri. Voters ...

It's now one week since Election Day. Mark Leibovich in "The Atlantic" goes all the way back to Hillary Clinton's clos...

Jim Jordan: "This election was the greatest political comeback we've ever seen." Well, maybe not. Nixon's win in 1968 wa...

"The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe. Because his handle was made of wood, he convinced them he was one of t...

My instant election analysis:

November 5 was disappointing, but not a surprise. It's certainly not like 2016, where the result did catch me by surprise. This time,...

The current issue of The New Yorker has a story by Dexter Filkins on the growing risk of war between Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon ( ...

Homeless man in downtown Phoenix They say, when you're explaining, you're losing. Here I'm going to be explaining what I lea...

Donald Trump might be the Xenophobe-in-Chief, but both political parties are moving to the right on immigration. This will have a negativ...

Source: Nationhood Lab . The last few days have seen a confluence of gun tragedy. A shooting death in the church of Joel Osteen (...

Today's bestest good news: Today I Learned that so-called peak carbon emissions may be at hand, thanks to the growth of solar and w...

Jim Schutze, retired Dallas journalist, still shakes his fist at the sky in Facebook posts. Yesterday's rant caught my attention. ...