A constant in the political universe is the quest to occupy the moral high ground, that space that sets apart those with noble intentions and pure motives from those driven by craven desires in pursuit of personal gains. Unfortunately, the fall from the rarefied air floating above the moral high ground is steep, and the landing can […]

Five people hold in their hands the fate of the dollar as the world’s standard currency. If they can do that, they could go a long way to boosting China in its competition with the U.S. They may also force the federal government into a partial shutdown. It won’t be able to keep its commitments […]

Move over, Donald. Kevin McCarthy has now replaced you as political pundits’ favorite object of amateur psychoanalytic musings. After psychologically scrutinizing McCarthy’s every move in his self-debasing, unprincipled concession-laden bid to be House Speaker, they’ve declared McCarthy’s “victory” to be pyrrhic. Pundits emphasize the ungovernability of fractured House Republicans, especially given McCarthy’s cave-to the-Freedom-Caucus weaknesses. […]

Sept. 11, 2001: Another day, like Dec. 7, 1941, that will live in infamy. Nineteen militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers at the World Trade Center in NYC, a third plane hit […]

When you visit the State House in these early days of the session, there’s a new atmosphere. People actually seem glad to see each other, and the tension that quickly built up in recent sessions has yet to surface. A lot of that is due to the end of pandemic conditions, and leadership decisions to […]