News Columns
- Did the Rodney King Video change anything?
(July 19, 2017)
- Who's behind GOP's stunning defeat on health care? (July 18, 2017)
- Some prominent conservative voices doubt Trump over Russia (July 16, 2017)
- Kid Rock, The Rock and our rocky future (July 15, 2017)
- The Healthcare bill that benefits no one (July 13, 2017)
- Republicans can't give Trump team a pass on this one (July 11, 2017)
- How GOP could make Health Care Deal with Democrats (July 9, 2017)
- Trump gave a good speech. What's next? (July 6, 2017)
- Trump is destroying his credibility with the world (July 3, 2017)
- Trump is Undoing the GOP Health Care Bill, One Tweet at a Time (June 30, 2017)
- Get ready for the July Fourth health care battle (June 27, 2017)
- Why some Historians should be Pundits (June 26, 2017)
- McConnell's test: Can he do more than obstruct? (June 26, 2017)
- Health care's arc of history: GOP's remarkable move to the right (June 22, 2017)
- Why David Brooks is wrong about Trump-Russia Investigation (June 20, 2017)
- The Difference Georgia's Special Election Could Make (June 18, 2017)
- 45 Years after Watergate, We're Back in the Same Kind of Mess (June 17, 2017)
- The Challenge of Protecting Members of Congress (June 14, 2017)
- Bill Clinton Demonized Ken Starr--Can Trump do the Same to Mueller? (June 13, 2017)
- Democrats Take Your Cues from Bernie Sanders (June 11, 2017)
- Is It Time for the U.S. to Reign in the Presidency? (June 9, 2017)
- Trump Thinks he's Vindicated in Russia Probe? Not So Fast ( June 9, 2017)
- Comey Hearing's Bottom Line: We Can't Trust Trump (June 8, 2017)
- Will Comey Join the Ranks of Historic Witnesses? (June 6, 2017)
- After London, Trump Should Not Let Fear Dictate Policy (June 4, 2017)
- Al Franken For President? (June 2, 2017)
- How Kushner Could Play the Nixon Card (May 27, 2017)
- This isn't How To Honor Veterans (May 27, 2017)
- Trump is Picking the Wrong Battle on Health Care (May 22, 2017)
- The Players Who Control Trump's Fate (May 21, 2017)
- Trump's Tweets Reflect his State of Mind (May 18, 2017)
- How Roger Ailes Changed the Media --and America (May 18, 2017)
- Don't Fall for Watergate Myth (May 17, 2017)
- Republicans' Patience with Trump may be Running Out (May 16, 2017)
- Trump Tapes are an Ugly Echo (May 15, 2017)
- Trump Thinks He Can Get Away With Anything (May 13, 2017)
- Is the Watergate-Comey Comparison Simply a Way to Score Partisan Points? The Atlantic (May 12, 2017)
- Comey's Firing was Trump's Nuclear Option on Russia Probe (May 9, 2017)
- Democrats, don't get too giddy about 2018 (May 7, 2017)
- In Search of Obama, May 5, 2017
- Obama's Legacy is in Jeopardy (May 4, 2017)
- Our President has shown No Interest in the History of Our Nation, or his Own Office (May 2, 2017)
- Trump's Next 1,361 Days (April 30, 2017)
- Trump is giving Republicans what they really want (April 26, 2017)
- The latest poll numbers should make Trump smile (April 24, 2017)
- 100 Days of Failure for Trump? (April 22, 2017)
- The biggest mistake we could make about the Georgia special election (April 18, 2017)
- Democrats are being hypoctirical about Trump's war powers (Arpil 16, 2017)
- Bannon's departure would rip the mask off the 'blue-collar Trump' (April 13, 2017)
- How Much Space does Trump have for Bipartisanship? (April 10, 2017)
- Syria Highlights Trump's Credibility Challenge--and Opportunity (April 8, 2017)
- Ending the Filibuster is a step in the right direction (April 6, 2017)
- Gorsuch Filibuster would be good for Democrats (April 3, 2017)
- Trump's Blame Game won't work this time (March 24, 2017)
- A Historic Vote on the End of Obamacare (March 22, 2017)
- Finally, we'll hear from Comey about Russia (March 18, 2017)
- CBO Report adds to Mike Pence's Woes (March 13, 2017)
- Trump's Hidden Success (March 10, 2017)
- How Significant are Trump's Attacks on Obama? (March 9, 2017)
- The President of the United States Traffics in Conspiracy Theories (March 5, 2017)
- It's time for a Watergate-Style Select Committee on Russiagate (March 2, 2017)
- Trump throws down a huge challenge to the Tea Party (February 28, 2017)
- Is Donald Trump's Legislative Agenda a Blank Page? (February 26, 2017)
- What we are seeing with Trump is Fundamentally Different (February 22, 2017)
- Russiagate: What Kind of Scandal? (February 19, 2017)
- How Medicare both Salved and Scarred American Healthcare (February 17, 2017)
- Flynn's Departure: The Second Big Blow to Trump in a Week (February 14, 2017)
- To Bork or Not to Bork? The Old Fight that shows Democrats why, and how, to stop Gorsuch (February 13, 2017)
- Trump Discovers the Limits of his Power (February 11, 2017)
- Protests didn't hurt Reagan, and they're not going to stop Trump (Febraury 8, 2017)
- Is GOP Really Softening on Obamacare? (February 6, 2017)
- What Democrats Should Learn from Republicans (February 1, 2017)
- Monday Night Massacre is a Wake-Up Call to Senate Democrats (January 31, 2017)
- Trump's Fast and Furious First Week: The Strategy (January 28, 2017)
- President Trump's Dangerous War on the Media (January 25, 2017)
- Trump's Hundred Days Clock is Ticking (January 22, 2017)
- Trump Still Being Trump (January 20, 2017)
- Trump Doesn't Care if You Don't Like Him (January 17, 2017)
- Will Inauguration Protests Be Only a Flash in the Pan? (January 15, 2017)
- Obama's Tenuous 'Transformational' Legacy (January 9, 2017)
- How Obama Should Say Goodbye (january 8, 2017)
- Can Trump Become America's Best Dealmaker? (December 31, 2016)
- 2017: Year of Hope or Year of Fear? (December 25, 2016)
- Five Enduring Mysteries About Trump's Victory (December 18, 2016)
- Why Even the Strongest Republican Efforts Can't Defeat the Welfare State (December 12, 2016)
- Wake Up: Trump Isn't Real Polulist (December 12, 2016)
- Trump's Fundamental Conflict of Interest (December 9, 2016)
- How Trump Should Use Twitter (December 5, 2016)
- Was it a Bait and Switch? Trump Goes Full Republican (November 30, 2016)
- What Happens if President Trump Abuses Power? (November 26, 2016)
- Should Democrats Cooperate with Trump? (November 20, 2016)
- Democrats, Stop Blaming Others for your Defeat (November 16, 2016)
- A Princeton Historian on How Textbooks of the Future Will Explain the Madness of the 2016 US Election (November 15, 2016)
- Sorry Lady Gaga We're Not Reforming the Electoral College any Time Soon (November 13, 2016)
- Reagan Redux, But Worse (November 12, 2016)
- How Were the Polls So Wrong? (November 9, 2016)
- What Trump did Right-and Wrong (November 9, 2016)
- A New Republican Party (November 9, 2016)
- How Much Jewish Support will Trump Cost the Republican Party (November 7, 2016)
- How Much Damage has the FBI Done to the Clinton Campaign? (November 6, 2016)
- A Shocked and Scandalized Nation Waits for Answers (November 6, 2016)
- Clinton vs. Trump, Watch the Data not the Drama (November 3, 2016)
- Return of the 'Daisy' Ad can't Revive Politics of the 1960's (October 31, 2016)
- Before Emails, GOP was Livid about another 'Smoking Gun"( October 30, 2016)
- Why Clinton Can't Sit Out Home Stretch of Campaign (October 25, 2016)
- The Real Point of Trump's Gettysburg Speech (October 23, 2016)
- You won't have Trump to Kick Around Anymore? (October 21, 2016)
- No Candidate in History Has Used the Kind of "Rigging" Rhetoric That Trump is Using (October 20, 2016)
- A Stunning Moment in the Debate (October 20,, 2016)
- Trump Brand Goes From Winning to Whining (October 15, 2016)
- Clinton Missed a Knockout Punch (October 10, 2016)
- We're Shocked: Donald Trump is a Sexist (October 8, 2016)
- Look Out, Clinton and Trump! Town Hall Format is a Big Risk (October 7, 2016)
- The Start of Pence 2020? (October 5, 2016)
- Will Kaine-Pence Debate Live Up to Clinton-Trump Faceoff? (October 2, 2016)
- How Smart is Trump on Taxes? (September 29, 2016)
- Debate Unlikely to Have Dramatic Impact (September 27, 2016)
- Don't Expect a Lincoln-Douglas Debate, but it Could Teach Us A Lot (September 25, 2016)
- The 8 Biggest Unforced Errors in Debate History (September 24, 2016)
- Are we in for an October Surprise? (September 19, 2016)
- How Clinton Should Handle the Stumbling Story (September 12, 2016)
- Why the 2016 Presidential Debates Really Matter (September 11, 2016)
- Let's Celebrate Immigrants on Labor Day (September 3, 2016)
- Political History is Doing AOK (August 31, 2016)
- Could Trump Turn the Tide Post-Labor Day? (August 29, 2016)
- For Trump, Turning This Around Won't Be Easy (August 20, 2016)
- Maybe Trump's Not Trying to Win the White House-He's Trying to Start Trump TV (August 18, 2016)
- Hillary Clinton Must Explain Exactly What She's Fighting For (August 14, 2016)
- The Scary Road that Donald Trump is Walking (August 10, 2016)
- Donald Trump's Biggest Weakness (August 7, 2016)
- Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and the History of Hollywood-Produced Propaganda (August 3, 2016)
- Trump on Ukraine: The Difference Between a Gaffe and Just Not Knowing (August 1, 2016)
- When Liberalism Came Apart (August 1, 2016)
- Why it's New York vs. New York for President (July 31, 2016)
- "A Watershed for America" (July 29, 2016)
- "Lock Her Up? 4 Ways for Hillary Clinton to Strike Back" (July 25, 2016)
- Reimagining Presidential Elections (July 18, 2016)
- Can Trump Give Disaffected Americans More Than Anger and Fear? (July 17, 2016)
- Hollywood's "Infiltrator" Shines Light on Failed Drug War (July 13, 2016)
- The Vice Presidency is No Longer a Joke (July 11, 2016)
- Is America Repeating the Mistakes of 1968; The Atlantic (July 8, 2016)
- Hillary Clinton's Enviable List of VP Choices (July 3, 2016)
- 5 Things Trump Needs in a Vice Presidential Pick (June 26, 2016)
- A Glimmer of Hope on Gun Control (June 22, 2016)
- Why Trump is Wrong on "Political Correctness" (June 20, 2016)
- What Orlando Terror Attack Means for Clinton, Trump, and 2016 (June 12, 2016)
- Clinton vs. Trump-The Strengths, The Weaknesses (June 7, 2016)
- Why Trump is the Next Walter White (May 30, 2016)
- Role Reversal: GOP Unites Behind Trump, Democrats in Disarray (May 26, 2016)
- Why Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Should Watch "All the Way" (May 20, 2016)
- Why Trump is a Shocking GOP Choice (May 15, 2016)
- Donald Trump as Barry Goldwater, the Frontlash Candidate (May 9, 2016)
- For Clinton, Beating Trump Isn't a Slam Dunk (May 8, 2016)
- Don't Blame TV for Trump (May 6, 2016)
- Fifty Years Ago, the Government Said Black Lives Matter (May 5, 2016)
- 8 Leading Republicans Who Must Decide Whether to Back Trump (May 4, 2016)
- Indiana: Last Chance to Stop Trump? (April 30, 2016)
- A Field Guide to the Delegate Hunting Season (April 27, 2016)
- How Sanders Changed Clinton and the Democrats (April 27, 2016)
- What Bernie Sanders Should Learn From Eugene McCarthy (April 21, 2016)
- Trump's Big Win: Now What? (April 20, 2016)
- Clinton and Sanders Supporters Can't Stand Each Other (April 15, 2016)
- Who Won Democrats' Epic Debate in Brooklyn? (April 15, 2016)
- 2016's Big Surprise: The Power of Small Money in Politics (April 10, 2016)
- Bill Clinton's Nearly Forgotten 1992 Sex Scandal (April 6, 2016)
- Is Sanders Doing Clinton a Favor? (March 27, 2016)
- Ted Cruz is the Real Radical in the GOP Race (March 24, 2016)
- Why Cuba is No Longer a Third Rail in U.S. Politics (March 21, 2016)
- Exruciating Choice for GOP Leaders: Take a Risk on Trump? (March 18, 2016)
- Dirty Campaigning? He Perfected It (March 17, 2016)
- 4 Things to Watch in Tuesday's Primaries (March 13, 2016)
- The Convention the GOP Doesn't Want (March 10, 2016)
- Nancy Reagan, A Larger-Than-Life First Lady (March 6, 2016)
- Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Are Made For Each Other (March 6, 2016)
- When Another Romney Attacked the GOP Frontrunner (March 3, 2016)
- Is Donald Trump Another Barry Goldwater? (March 2, 2016)
- Why Tuesday is Still Super (February 27, 2016)
- Can Marco Rubio Beat Donald Trump? (February 21, 2016)
- How South Carolina Firewall Fell Apart (February 18, 2016)
- Is the Era of Small Government Over? (February 16, 2016)
- Obsessing Over Past Presidents in 2016 (February 14, 2016)
- Why Bernie is Beating Hillary (Febraury 10, 2016)
- Is Trump For Real? (February 8, 2016)
- This IS Reagan's Party (February 3, 2016)
- Iowa's Message More Important Than Trump's Loss (February 2, 2016)
- Six Questions Iowa Caucuses May Answer (January 31, 2016)
- Cruz Stumbles (January 29, 2016)
- GOP Establishment Deserves Trump, Cruz (January 25, 2016)
- How Jimmy Carter Revolutionized the Iowa Caucus (January 25, 2016)
- Do We Live in a 'Big Short' or 'Spotlight' World? (January 17, 2016)
- Obama Makes Case for another Democratic President (January 13, 2016)
- Is President Obama Helping or Hurting Hillary Clinton? (January 10, 2016)
- Are the Early Primary States Overhyped? CNN.com (January 4, 2016)
- Seven Questions for the New Year (December 28, 2015)
- Why Are These Candidates Losing Early Round of the GOP Race? (December 21, 2015)
- Candidates Show a GOP Divide (December 16, 2015)
- How Donald Trump Plays the Politics of Fear (December 13, 2015)
- How Donald Trump Could Sink the Republicans (December 9, 2015)
- The Closing of the American Jewish Mind (December 9, 2015)
- Christie, Cruz and Kasich Get a Second Look (December 7, 2015)
- Erasing Woodrow Wilson's name is not that Easy (November 30, 2015)
- The Hardest Questions About Fighting ISIS (November 23, 2015)
- Can Trump Survive? (November 15, 2015)
- No Clear Winner (November 15, 2015)
- Bush 41's Attack on His Son's War in Iraq Heralds the End of the Bush Dynasty (November 9, 2015)
- Are GOP Candidates Floundering? (November 8, 2015)
- Hillary Clinton: Warrior or Peacemaker (November 2, 2015)
- Trump Gets Pushed From Spotlight (October 29, 2015)
- How Paul Ryan Can Outlast the House Freedom Caucus (October 26, 2015)
- The Republican Click-Bait Primary (October 18, 2015)
- Dems Starting Contrast with GOP Debate (October 14, 2015)
- How Old is Too Old to be President? (October 13, 2015)
- 7 Questions for the Democrats (October 11, 2015)
- New 'Horror' Movie Shows Why Americans Still So Scared (October 10, 2015)
- Why I Invited Marc Maron to Speak at Princeton University (October 6, 2015)
- Are the House Republicans Imploding? (October 4, 2015)
- Why Joe Biden Should Not Run (September 27, 2015)
- Boehner Has Reaped What He Sowed (September 25, 2015)
- After Trump, Will GOP Accept Higher Taxes? (September 21, 2015)
- Rivals Figure Out how to Undercut Trump ( September 17, 2015)
- Six Questions for the Republican Debate (September 13, 2015)
- 17 Democrats Ran for President in 1976. Can Today's GOP Learn Anything from What Happened? (September 8, 2015)
- Does Hillary Have to Run Against Bill? (September 6, 2015)
- The Iran Deal, A Repudiation of the Bush Doctrine (August 31, 2015)
- Jimmy Carter's Courage in the Face of Cancer (August 20, 2015)
- Hillary Can't Afford to Ignore Bernie (August 16, 2015)
- Is the Trump Balloon About to Burst? (August 10, 2015)
- This is No Way to Pick a Candidate (August 7, 2015)
- How America Got Polarized (August 3, 2015)
- What Jeb Bush Doesn't get About Medicare (July 27, 2015)
- How Donald Trump Could Sink the Republicans (July 23, 2015)
- Does John Kasich Have a Shot? (July 20, 2015)
- How Jimmy Carter Did Something No One Else Has Done Since (July 15, 2015)
- Political Storms Ahead (July 14, 2015)
- What's a Presidential Character Worth? (July 13, 2015)
- Why Nothing Happens on Gun Control (July 6, 2015)
- Chris Christie-A Recipe For Political Disaster? (June 29, 2015)
- Liberals Win Big (June 26, 2015)
- Why Are So Many Running for President? (June 21, 2015)
- Why Bernie Sanders Wins the Crowds (June 15, 2015)
- For Hillary Clinton a Defining Moment (June 8, 2015)
- The 1994 Midterm Elections Go to the Republicans (June 4, 2015)
- Obamacare Ruling a Time Bomb For Democrats? (May 31, 2015)
- Iraq, the War that Won't Go Away (May 24, 2015)
- Why Marco Rubio Could Beat Jeb Bush (May 18, 2015)
- For GOP, Too Much of a Good Thing? (May 10, 2015)
- How Jim Wright Schooled Ronald Reagan on Diplomacy (May 7, 2015)
- A Glimmer of Progress in Baltimore's Crisis (May 3, 2015)
- Where Liberalism Can Win in America (April 27, 2015)
- Biggest Campaign Mistakes Thus Far (April 19, 2015)
- Why White House Needs Congress on Iran Deal (April 14, 2015)
- Can Hillary Clinton Overcome Her Weaknesses? (April 10, 2015)
- How Education Policy Went Astray (April 10, 2015)
- Can Hillary Clinton and Democrats Really Take on Wall Street? (April 6, 2015)
- Why Rand Paul Stands Out (March 30, 2015)
- What History Says About Ted Cruz' Chances (March 22, 2015)
- Obama, Don't Abandon Labor Unions (March 15, 2015)
- When LBJ Made Voting Rights a National Cause (March 12, 2015)
- Hillary Clinton's 3 Ways to Handle Scandal (March 8, 2015)
- The Speech Backfired ( March 3, 2015)
- Republicans Run Down Obama's Clock (March 2, 2015)
- Who Will Grab the Millennial Vote? (February 23, 2015)
- Are Presidents Overrated? (February 15, 2015)
- How Medicare Was Made (February 15, 2015)
- Gay Marriage: One Judge Fights the Weight of History (February 22, 2015)
- The Danger of Obama's Military Request (February 11, 2015)
- Get Your Government Hands Off My "Obamacare" (February 9, 2015)
- Can An Army of GOP Candidates for 2016 Make Party Competitive? (February 3, 2015)
- Please Don't Let "Selma" Become a Political Football (January 30, 2015)
- How Obama will Be on the Ballot in 2016 (January 26, 2015)
- When Liberals Were Organized (January 22, 2015)
- Good Luck Getting it Past a Republican Congress (January 21, 2015)
- A 1965 FailureThat Still Haunts America (January 19, 2015)
- 9 Things I Wish People Understood About Lyndon Johnson (January 17, 2015)
- Real Change Comes From Outside Washington (January 14, 2015)
- How LBJ Wrecked His Presidency (January 12, 2015)
- The Power of Lyndon Johnson is a Myth (January 11, 2015)
- The Real Story Behind Selma (January 3, 2015)
- Why Hillary Clinton Needs an Elizabeth Warren Challenge (December 29, 2014)
- Jeb Bush Can Win it All (December 22, 2014)
- Will Torture Report Change the CIA? (December 15, 2014)
- One Big Thing Washington Could Do (December 8, 2014)
- The New President Obama (November 24, 2014)
- How Lame Are These Ducks? (November 17, 2014)
- The Surprise in the Reagan Years (November 11, 2014)
- What We Don't Get About Government (November 6, 2014)
- Who Got a 2016 Boost From Midterms? (November 5, 2014)
- House and Senate Now a Further Reach for Dems in 2016 (November 5, 2014)
- Why the Negative Ads We Hate Will Endure (November 2, 2014)
- Obama's Long Fall (November 2, 2014)
- Six Senate Races That Could Tell the Story of 2014 (October 27, 2014)
- Republicans Hinder Process (October 23, 2014)
- What Ben Bradlee Stood For (October 22, 2014)
- Obama: One Very Successful President? (October 20, 2014)
- Election 2014: Why Voters Don't Care (October 13, 2014)
- This is Elizabeth Warren's Moment (October 6, 2014)
- What Jimmy Carter Did Right (October 1, 2014)
- Democrats Heading for 2016 Clash Over World Dangers (September 29, 2014)
- A Land War Against ISIS? (September 22, 2014)
- What a Do-Nothing Congress Actually Does (September 15, 2014)
- Why Obama Needs to be the Explainer in Chief (September 3, 2014)
- How Labor Unions and Democrats Fell Out of Love (August 31, 2014)
- Will Mitt Romney Run for President in 2016? (August 25, 2014)
- Can Hilary Clinton win Over the Left? (August 18, 2014)
- Why Marijuana's Moment Has Arrived (August 11, 2014)
- GOP, Dems Dumb Down Impeachment (August 4, 2014)
- Is Obama a Powerless Lame Duck? (July 28, 2014)
- Are Democrats Afraid of the Income Inequality Issue? (July 21, 2014)
- The World Cup of US Politics (July 14, 2014)
- Distrustful Americans Still Live in Age of Watergate (July 7, 2014)
- 4 Reasons Christie Keeps Moving Forward (June 30, 2014)
- Public Deserves Speedy Access to White House Records (June 23, 2014)
- Can Obama Avoid Mission Creep in Iraq? (June 19, 2014)
- Hillary Clinton Hits Some Speed Bumps (June 16, 2014)
- Will Democrats Pay a Price for Bergdahl Deal? (June 9, 2014)
- Does GOP need another Contract with America? (June 2, 2014)
- A Commencement Speech that Energized a Nation (May 26, 2014)
- Lewinsky and Rove--Good News for Hilary Clinton? (May 19, 2104)
- Is There Anything Wrong with a Little Pork Barrel Spending? (May 12, 2014)
- Is Tea Party All Bark and No Bite? (May 7, 2014)
- 6 Reasons Obama Can't Seem to Catch a Break (May 5, 2014)
- Is American Democracy Dead? (April 27, 2014)
- How Obama Can Avoid Lame-Duck Blues (April 21, 2014)
- Democrats, Show Some Spine on Taxes (April 14, 2014)
- Repeal Obamacare? Forget About it (April 7, 2014)
- Lessons, from Walter White to LBJ (March 31, 2014)
- Why Obama is Losing Millennials (March 24, 2014)
- Ted Cruz vs. Rand Paul: A GOP Road to Nowhere (March 17, 2014)
- Obama May Hate the Midterm Results (March 10, 2014)
- Why Biden Won't Win (March 3, 2014)
- Last of the Old Bulls (February 24, 2014)
- Washington, Not Exactly a 'House of Cards'? (February 24, 2014)
- Clinton, Biden and a Post-Obama Democratic Party (February 17, 2014)
- Learn from the 'Watergate Babies' (February 10, 2014)
- The Risks of Obama's Executive Power Plan (February 3, 2014)
- Obama's Message to the Middle Class (January 29, 2013)
- Six Ways to Fight Inequality (January 27, 2014)
- How Christie Could Rebound--And Come Our Stronger (January 20, 2014)
- Five Big Question on 2014 Elections (January 13, 2014)
- America's Real Problem: Too Much Bipartisanship (January 6, 2014)
- Five New Year's Resolutions for President Obama (December 30, 2013)
- Six Questions for 2014 (December 23, 2013)
- Five Myths About the Future of Obamacare (December 16, 2013)
- Obama's 2013: A Very Tough Year (December 16, 2013)
- How to Save Congress: Mobilize the Masses
(December 11, 2013)
- From One First Black President to Another (December 10, 2013)
- How The American Dream Got Downsized (December 9, 2013)
- You Can't Game a Presidential Legacy (December 2, 2013)
- Here's Something Congress Could Actually Do (November 25, 2013)
- Bush and Clinton take opposite approaches to legacy (November 20, 2013)
- Elizabeth Warren vs. Hillary Clinton is a False Choice (November 18, 2013)
- Obamacare and the failure of half-baked liberalism (November 11, 2013)
- Don't Underestimate Risks of Government Spying (November 4, 2013)
- Obamacare and NSA spying: What did Obama know, and when did he find out? (October 28, 2013)
- CNN- interview about the NSA story (October 28, 2013)
- NSA scandal highlights Obama's unfulfilled promise (October 28, 2013)
- Chris Christie ahead of the GOP curve on same-sex marriage (October 23, 2013)
- Republicans Got What They Wanted (October 17, 2103)
- "Liberals, Stop Whining and Do Something" (October 14, 2013)
- D.C. Crisis could Jump-Start the Case for Reform (October 7, 2013)
- Letters and Politics (October 2, 2013)
- Party Like It's the 1980's (September 23, 2013)
- GOP strategy on shutdown courts doom (September 16, 2013)
- President Obama's Speech on Syria (September 11, 2013)
- How Presidents Make the Case for War (September 10, 2013)
- The Congress and the Commander in Chief (September 7, 2013)
- Three questions for Obama on Syria (September 8, 2013)
- Obama's Syria Dilemma: Becoming the President He Didn't Like (September 1, 2013)
- Did we really learn the lesson of the March on Washington? (August 27, 2013)
- Barack Obama did Hillary Clinton a huge favor (August 19, 2013)
- Why Can't Congress Make Progress? (August 16, 2013)
- Should Chris Christie move to the right? (August 12, 2013)
- Crunch time for immigration, budget fights (August 5, 2013)
- Four lessons from Nixon's failed presidency (July 29, 2013)
- GOP's self-destructive approach on Obamacare (July 22, 2013)
- Don't say 'dysfunctional Congress' (July 15, 2013)
- Political scandals and comebacks (July 11, 2013)
- The NSA spies and Democrats look away (July 8, 2013)
- Will Speaker Boehner make history? (July 1, 2013)
- On the chopping block: History, literature, civics and the arts (June 24, 2013)
- Congress Is Back (June 17, 2013)
- George W. Bush's legacy is on the mend (June 13, 2013)
- It's no time to retreat from affirmative action, voting rights (June 10, 2013)
- Why 2014 is the Year to Watch (June 3, 2013)
- Fix our tax headaches (May 28, 2013)
- What Happened to Obama's promise? (May 20, 2013)
- Chris Christie's Weight: Why it matters (May 13, 2013)
- Is 'Alpha House' parody of GOP on target? (May 6, 2013)
- Obama's 'buck stops here' moment on Syria (April 30, 2013)
- Why can't Obama reform government? (April 29, 2013)
- History's jury is still out on George W. Bush (April 23, 2013)
- Christie, Cuomo and the Dukakis effect (April 15, 2013)
- Hillary Clinton and the experience trap (April 8, 2013)
- Generations X and Y start to rule politics (April 1, 2013)
- Seize the immigration deal (March 25, 2013)
- Why GOP doesn't want a 'grand bargain' (March 18, 2013)
- Jeb Bush falls into GOP's immigration trap (March 11, 2013)
- Health care will be an Obama legacy (March 4, 2013)
- If spending is cut, GOP will get the blame (February 25, 2013)
- How to fight climate change (February 18, 2013)
- Obama, think big for State of the Union (February 11, 2013)
- Republicans, be smart about defense cuts (February 4, 2013)
- Stopgap budgeting cripples government (January 28, 2013)
- Obama's ringing defense of liberalism (January 21, 2013)
- Obama's speech: Learning from Lincoln, Wilson, FDR (January 20, 2013)
- Second-Term Obama will play defense (January 14, 2013)
- GOP, don't fight the Hagel nomination (January 7, 2013)
- America lives under the shadow of George W. Bush (January 3, 2013)
- GOP faces choice: Leadership or gridlock (December 31, 2012)
- Six political lessons of 2012 (December 24, 2012)
- What the tea party cost the GOP (December 18, 2012)
- How Obama can win a deal (December 3, 2012)
- How Republicans can bounce back (November 26, 2012)
- Would Lincoln be frustrated with our current Congress? (November 19, 2012)
- How progress is possible in Obama's second term (November 12, 2012)
- Where Obama, and America, go from here (November 7, 2012)
- If it's close, watch out (November 5, 2012)
- How Sandy will test Obama, Romney (October 29, 2012)
- Obama in command; Romney plays it safe (October 23, 2012)
- Dems' national security advantage at risk (October 20, 2012)
- Obama bounces back, dominates debate (October 17, 2012)
- Do facts matter? (October 15, 2012
- Something for both sides (October 12, 2012)
- VP debates can kill political careers (October 8, 2012)
- The "truthiness" debate (October 4, 2012)
- The mistakes candidates make in debates (October 1, 2012)
- Republicans risk being the party of mean (September 24, 2012)
- When foreign policy becomes campaign focus, who wins? (September 18, 2012)
- Three hurdles for Obama, Romney (September 10, 2012)
- Obama is not Carter; Romney is not Reagan (September 5, 2012)
- What Democrats need to do in Charlotte (September 3, 2012)
- Did Mitt Romney gain ground? (August 31, 2012)
- What GOP needs to do in Tampa (August 27, 2012)
- In convenstion speeches, history is made (August 20, 2012)
- How Ryan could help Romney (August 11, 2012)
- Why political conventions still matter (August 6, 2012)
- Why are tax hikes politically radioactive? (July 30, 2012)
- Campaign 2012: The phony ware of markets vs. government (July 23, 2012)
- Why Democrats need labor unions (July 17, 2012)
- Obama should ignore 'class warfare' gibes (July 9, 2012)
- For health reform, now the tricky part (July 2, 2012)
- Can Obama split the GOP? (June 25, 2012)
- Ten Flubs That Helped Sink Candidates (June 18, 2012)
- Should Obama campaign like Bill Clinton did? (June 11, 2012)
- Obama's attacks on Romney's business record aren't working (June 4, 2012)
- How political ads can elect a president (May 29, 2012)
- Gridlock in Congress? Blame the GOP (May 21, 2012)
- Tea party could make or break Romney (May 14, 2012)
- For Obama, foreign policy campaign could backfire (May 7, 2012)
- What really kills family values (April 30, 2012)
- Campaign rhetoric may tie next president's hands (April 23, 2012)
- For president, two pragmatic problem-solvers (April 16, 2012)
- The real race is on between Romney & Obama (April 10, 2012)
- Romney, Make a Boring Pick for VP (April 9, 2012)
- Obama was Too Timid on Health Care (April 3, 2012)
- America's Economic Crisis Ignored on Campaign Trail (March 27, 2012)
- Why shouldn't a president be a good politician? (March 19, 2012)
- GOP won't win on national security theme (March 12, 2012)
- What would a second Obama term bring? (March 5, 2012)
- For Republicans, social issues are losers (February 27, 2012)
- Many wild cards would swing the 2012 presidential race (February 20, 2012)
- Silence on foreign policy is dangerous (February 14, 2011)
- Why Romney is winning (February 6, 2012)
- Newt Gingrich is no outsider (January 30, 2012)
- Is the Obama presidency 'built to last'? (January 24, 2012)
- It took a scandal to get real campaign reform (January 23, 2012)
- Gingrich's attack now could help Obama later (January 16, 2012)
- New Hampshire is key test for Romney (January 9, 2012)
- Three resolutions to reform Washington (January 2, 2012)
- Are Republicans fumbling the ball? (December 22, 2011)
- Bill Clinton's lessons for Obama (Decembe 19, 2011)
- How the debates are helping the GOP (December 12, 2011)
- How Democrats could win with a 'fairness'campaign (December 5, 2011)
- What Newt Gingerich offers the GOP (November 27, 2011)
- Will Occupy follow tea party's path? (November 21, 2011)
- Can Cain campaign survive the sexual harassment complaints? (November 14, 2011)
- Why we should elect flip-floppers (November 9, 2011)
- Fate of Bush-era program a matter of life or death (October 31,2011)
- The biggest scandal in Washington (October 24, 2011)
- Romney and the revival of the Northern Republican (October 17, 2011)
- Third-party candidates still matter (October 13, 2011)
- Why 'Obama' the populist is not a winning re-election theme (October 10, 2011)
- Gridlock hurts Democrats, helps Republicans (October 3, 2011)
- Should GOP go for inspiration or victory? (September 27, 2011)
- War on proverty in 2011 (September 19, 2011)
- What happened to spirit of 9/12? (September 12, 2011)
- If Obama Is a One-Time President (September 10, 2011)
- What Bill Clinton could teach GOP (September 5, 2011)
- When natural disasters become political disasters (August 29, 2011)
- It's too early to name Bachmann, Perry front-runners (August 22, 2011)
- Americans want security for 2012 (August 15, 2011)
- Where are the Democrats' ideans? (August 8, 2011)
- A Victory That May Be Brief (August 1, 2011)
- This is no way to run a government (August 1, 2011)
- The painful price of deficit hysteria (July 28, 2011)
- Is Obama seizing the political center? (July 25, 2011)
- Don't count Boehner out in debt crisis (July 18, 2011)
- President's bully pulpit is not what it used to be (July 11, 2011)
- What happened to dealmakers in Congress? (July 5, 2011)
- War powers belong to Congress and the president (Jun 27, 2011)
- There are worse scandals than Weiner (June 17, 2011)
- The Randomness of It All (June 16, 2011)
- 5 key questions for GOP candidates (June 13, 2011)
- Surviving sex scandals (June 10, 2011)
- How Obama makes his case for a second term (June 6, 2011)
- Is this any way to do a budget? (May 30, 2011)
- N.Y. race for House seat a preview of 2012? (May 23, 2011)
- Gingrich and the governance factor (May 16, 2011)
- When Reagan raised taxes (May 9, 2011)
- Obama's gamble: Big risk,little political reward? (May 5, 2011)
- Are we heading for royal weddings in U.S.? (April 25, 2011)
- Obama takes on risky topic of taxes (April 14, 2011)
- Can Obama resist GOP on spending cuts? (April 13, 2011)
- Republicans are winning budget debate (April 11, 2011)
- Which GOP will run against Obama? (April 5, 2011)
- It's too easy for presidents to go to war (March 28, 2011)
- Obama nees to show he's on top of crisis (March 22, 2011)
- Are Democrats, unions really in sync? (March 15, 2011)
- Why Obama will be tough to beat (March 7, 2011)
- Liberal tradition is under assault (February 28, 2011)
- What's wrong with presidential rankings (February 21, 2011)
- Middle East changes may defy history (February 15, 2011)
- Should top U.S. goal be democracy? (February 7, 2011)
- Reagan the politician (February 6, 2011)
- Can Republicans cut defense spending? (February 1, 2011)
- Did Obama get his message across? (January 26, 2011)
- What Obama can learn from Clinton, Reagan (January 24, 2011)
- Can Boehner's GOP deliver on promises? (January 17, 2011)
- Extremism is a vice, not a virtue (January 11, 2011)
- Toxic Speech in Politics (January 10, 2011)
- Senate should let majority rule (January 3, 2011)
- Race could backfire on the right (December 27, 2010)
- The best thing that ever happened to the right (December 23, 2010)
- The real threat to health care reform (December 20, 2010)
- Why George W. Bush must be smiling (December 13, 2010)
- Obama is dealing away FDR's legacy (December 10, 2010)
- Focusing on deficit a lose-lose move for Obama (December 6, 2010)
- Anxieties of 'Modern Times' still with us (November 29, 2010)
- Palin pioneers reality campaigning (November 22, 2010)
- Boehner's historic choice (November 18, 2010)
- Democrats best defense? Good offense (November 15, 2010)
- GOP leaders, beware the newcomers (November 9, 2010)
- Perception Politics (November 8, 2010)
- Why Midterms Matter (November 4, 2010)
- 5 myths about George W. Bush (November 7, 2010)
- Is it 1994 all over again? (November 3, 2010)
- It's Tea Party vs. Bush and Obama (November 1, 2010)
- Why Democrats are hurting (October 25, 2010)
- FDR Has Suffered This, Too (October 22, 2010)
- Obama dropped ball on campaign reform (October 18, 2010)
- 'Big Tent' already thing of the past (October 14, 2010)
- Why Christine O'Donnell is not you (October 11, 2010)
- Facebook politics' is fleeting (October 5, 2010)
- Address the Economic Malaise (September 28, 2010)
- Fight for middle class economic security (September 27, 2010)
- Tea Party promises won't last (September 20, 2010)
- Treat Your Democrats Well (September 17, 2010)
- Don't judge 111th Congress yet. (September 14, 2010)
- Bush was right: We're not at war with Islam (September 13, 2010)
- How Much Do We Learn From the First Cut of History? (September 7, 2010)
- Bad timing could sink Democrats (September 7, 2010)
- Time for Obama to put cards on the table (August 30, 2010)
- GOP needs a Reagan to unite its factions (August 24, 2010)
- The new party bosses (August 16, 2010)
- Time to give political analysis a rest (August 16, 2010)
- It's Obama's White House, but it's still Bush's world (August 15, 2010)
- A governor who tests GOP strategy (August 9, 2010)
- Don't give Obama blank check on war (August 2, 2010)
- Why Obama's fate is tied to congressional Democrats (July 28, 2010)
- Why Obama 's poll numbers have sunk (July 19, 2010)
- Sarah Palin likes government too (July 12, 2010)
- Teaching 'W' as History. The challenges of the recent past in the classroom (July 11, 2010)
- Gotcha politics gone wild (July5, 2010)
- How Afghanistan became the ignored war (June 28, 2010)
- What to make of McChrystal's removal?, June 23, 2010
- Should the 'Runaway General' Be Fired?, June 22, 2010
- Is American Foreign Policy Too Ambitious?, June 21, 2010
- Is America tuning out Capitol Hill? (June 21, 2010)
- For Obama, crisis may outweigh record (June 14, 2010)
- Carter, Obama, and the Left-Center Divide (June 9, 2010)
- Why Obama should forget 'change you can believe in' (June 7, 2010)
- The legacy of 'drill, baby, drill' (June 1, 2010)
- Democrats shouldn't be so blue anymore (May 24, 2010)
- Bad midterms not always bad for W.H. (May 21, 2010)
- Senate should accept Kagan's '95 'challenge' (May 17, 2010)
- Gov. Daniels: GOP's best hope for 2012? (May 8, 2010)
- Arizona law foes' best weapon is dollars (May 4, 2010)
- Washington has always helped set rules for Wall Street (April 26, 2010)
- Inaction on immigration reform a travesty (April 21, 2010)
- Why controlling nukes is good (April 13, 2010)
- New RNC scandal, old GOP arrogance (April 6, 2010)
- Now the real health care fight begins (March 30, 2010)
- Risk for GOP comes from extreme fringe (March 29, 2010)
- Pelosi emerges as powerhouse in D.C. (March 22, 2010)
- Obama risks being called "The Undecider" (March 18, 2010)
- How Does Politics Shape National Security? (March 15, 2010)
- Watching the sausage making (March 10, 2010)
- GOP health care refusal could backfire (March 8, 2010)
- Time for Democrats to take a risk (March 1, 2010)
- Don't blame Congress for leader's fault (February 22, 2010)
- Obama can model Ike in fighting off GOP hawks (February 17, 2010)
- The cost of partisanship on national security (February 12, 2010)
- One year in, Obama must define himself (February 9, 2010)
- Americans want government reforms (February 2, 2010)
- When liberals revolt (January 26, 2010)
- Learn From History Mr. President: Articulate Your National Security Vision or Pay the Political Price (January 25, 2010)
- Midterms could sap Obama's power (January 20, 2010)
- The Myth of Republican Discipline (January 20, 2010)
- 5 myths about political hawks and doves (January 17, 2010)
- Sports and political oversight do mix (January 16, 2010)
- It's the institutions, stupid! (January 12, 2010)
- History News Network (January 4, 2010)
- Blame game won't stop terrorism (January 3, 2010)
