Now that the Republican Party is in an important transition, how well does its new identity fit? Is it comfortable in its blue collars, or does it miss the college rep ties and loose Peter Millar golf shirts with their micro-mesh pique weave, the staples of its familiar, earlier wardrobe? American political parties are always […]

If you tried to figure out what was going on down on the farm based on what was going on at the state fair, you’d get the impression that the modern farmer spends his days driving in demolition derbys, racing tractors, playing cow-plop bingo, raising teenage girls who wear low-rise jeans (the better to show […]

While President Obama is playing golf on Martha’s Vineyard, disinterred coffins are floating down the streets of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. More than 20,000 people have been evacuated from their homes and more than 11,000 have been left homeless by the worst flooding to hit the state since Hurricane Katrina. CNN’s Don Lemon observed this week […]

While Augusta has much to recommend it, I felt the time had come to visit a national capital, and this past weekend I did so. Both the required marathon drive and the relatively short visit were well worth the effort. Nearly all the views of the river that flows through the city are splendid. The […]

On July 29, many of the bills that were passed during the 2016 legislative session became law, as that day was the general effective date for legislation. In non-legislative wording, this just means July 29 is 90 days after the Legislature adjourned for the year. Most laws go into effect on this day, but some […]

A re we watching an American presidential campaign or the pilot episode of a bizarre new TV series? Or both? The hallmark of “reality TV,” of course, being its extreme unreality. On a daily basis, the Trump campaign invites sheer disbelief. Recently, Ivanka Trump, the statuesque daughter her father talks about dating, posted an Instagram […]