The federal government has rarely been popular, but we'd miss it if it were gone, and currently it faces threats from multiple directions that could bring it to the brink of extinction if we don't rally around what makes us American...
In many presidential elections, the primaries of Super Tuesday are a turning point. This year, with voters divided between intoxication, ambivalence, and apathy, it looks more like there's no turning back...
Years after Simon's "Mrs Robinson" became a hit, DiMaggio wanted to know what was meant by the lyric that referred to him. "I haven't gone anywhere; I'm right here." Simon explained that he just meant that heroes are hard to find But heroes are everywhere--...
Bidenomics, vibecession, vabpression, all need to be replaced by another kind of economics. The first political party to understand this will never have to puzzle over disconnects between their macroeconomic and political metrics...
We can't rely on the media, the courts, or either party to do it. We, the people, are going to have to save our democracy this year, and we'll have to do more than vote to do it....
It seems like only yesterday when we made democracy the theme of this newsletter. But it was actually August, in 2019, and here we are again, with our way of life on the line--again...
2023 saw the passing of three remarkable women in the civic life of our country, one from each branch of government, all almost as remarkable for their journeys as for their destinations and achievements...
After a year like this one, it's natural to have a lot of wishes, and we do, some of them dating back to at least 2016. But they all come down to one....
Eight score ago Abraham Lincoln wondered if a nation created out of an idea "could long endure." Can there be any doubt the welcoming and gathering together of those from all over the world who believe in that idea has been the most durable answer...
It will surely hurt his feelings to hear it, but Trump's 90+ felony charges pale in comparison to the real Trial of the Century. The defendant is democracy, the jury is we, the people, and the verdict will determine the future of the free...
