The first and most visible test of candidate support in the 2020 presidential election is the Iowa presidential caucus, which takes place on Feb. 3. While Iowa does not control who becomes the candidate of each party, Iowans’ choices almost always end up matching the rest of the nation. One of the architects of the […]

Oh swell. The Republican Senate’s so-called “moderates,” who combine big talk with little action and fuse noble rhetoric with hapless inertia, appear to be readying themselves for another year of deeming certain Trump desecrations as “unhelpful” or “unwise.” One member of this club – which I call the Fellowship of the Furrowed Brow – spoke […]

Let me see if I get this right. If “The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments,” by withholding and using the articles of impeachment as leverage to get Sen. McConnell to get her approval of how the Senate will try the impeachment, Speaker Pelosi is guilty of abusing her power as […]

I am not sure that many folks today understand the wisdom of those men of more than two centuries ago who wrote our United States Constitution. People seem confused or have no knowledge about what is going on in our government today. The emotion of the moment seems to be more important than the “why” […]

If you’re celebrating a recent federal appellate court ruling that overturned language in the Affordable Care Act requiring you to have health insurance or pay a penalty, you may want to put away the party favors. That’s because, like a Pandora’s box, the ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals now puts […]

When I asked him why he does what he does, Dick said, “I just do what I love to do, and then giving it away. I want to be immortal.”