Are We on the Democratic Side Going to Blow It Again?
Can’t our side ever see the battlefield clearly? Can’t we perceive which battle needs to be fought?We’ve already blown it too many times,* and now there are signs we might blow it again: the Democratic...
View ArticleA Win-Win Way for Bernie to Lead Now
Dear Bernie,There are some - such as you and some of your followers - who believe it is worthwhile for you to keep fighting Hillary for the nomination.There are others - just about everyone else on the...
View ArticleCampaign Briefs: On Elizabeth Warren, Paul Ryan, Bernie Sanders, and the...
One reason it might not be a good idea for Hillary to name Elizabeth Warren as her running mate is that it would at least temporarily cost the Democrats a Senate seat (for the first approximately half...
View ArticleThe Hostility of Bernie-world Toward Hillary-World Illustrates a Broader...
I'm reading a book titled ORIGINALS: How Non-Conformists Move the World (by Adam Grant). In it, I've come across this passage that seems to illuminate something visible in our politics these days.In a...
View ArticleHow Can We Not Be Asking This Question?
This piece has appeared in newspapers in my conservative congressional district in Virginia. Everyone old enough to remember an earlier era should recognize that American politics have grown uglier and...
View ArticleHow to Counter the GOP Cashing In On Its Years of Demonizing Hillary Clinton
The other day, I read an article -- by John Fund in the National Review -- that talked about the clouds over Hillary Clinton and speculated that her candidacy might implode and lead the Democrats to...
View ArticleThe Media's Focus on Who "Wins" California on Tuesday Makes No Sense to Me
In the Democratic primary in California tomorrow, either Hillary or Bernie will get more votes than the other. Probably not a lot more votes.The media will make a big deal about who "won" California....
View ArticleI Was Wrong About Trump
Appearing in newspapers in my conservative congressional district in Virginia.There’s been a change in how I see Donald Trump.A few months ago, I saw him as an accomplished actor, able to pick what...
View ArticleOpen Primaries: A Wrong Idea
It is reported that one of the reforms that Bernie Sanders would like to see implemented in the Democratic Party is the idea of "open" primaries. That is, the idea that people who are not affiliated...
View ArticleTrump as “Bull” in the American Foreign Policy “China Shop”
This piece -- written before Hillary Clinton's excellent critique of Trump's suitability to be in charge of American foreign policy -- has run in newspapers in Virginia's very Republican 6th...
View Article"Give Me a Congress Whose Priority is the Good of the Nation"
Although defeating Donald Trump is one essential goal for this fall's campaign, that should be seen less as an end in itself than as one important means toward the ultimate goal, which is to be able to...
View ArticleDid the Spirit of Donald Trump Help Assassinate Jo Cox in Britain Last Week?
The assignment of responsibility for terrible events can be viewed simplistically, or it can be viewed in a way that takes into account the complex web of influences in the human world. So it is with...
View ArticleTrump: Unleashing the Demons of Hate
This piece has run in newspapers in my conservative congressional District (VA-06).For months, we have witnessed out how the political rise of Donald Trump has emboldened the forces of racism and...
View ArticleAny Self-Respecting Supreme Court Would Have Struck Down the Texas Abortion Law
At year's end last December, on a radio show in the Shenandoah Valley, I was asked for my predictions for the coming year. One prediction I made was that the Court would strike down the Texas abortion...
View ArticleBrexit: A Setback in One of Humankind’s Most Important Projects
Some commentators have reminded us lately of what originally inspired the nations of Western Europe to move toward unification. The impetus came after two horrific wars, originating in Europe, within...
View ArticleMy Guilty Pleasures: NFL Football and World War II
This piece differs from my usual op/ed offerings that appear in the newspapers in my conservative congressional district (VA-06). Usually, my columns are designed to challenge the conservative reader...
View ArticleThe “Right-to-Work” Con
This piece is appearing in newspapers in my conservative congressional district (VA-06) in Virginia.When I was involved in electoral politics here in Virginia, I was advised by Democratic politicians...
View ArticleTime to Put Nation Ahead of Party, Mr. Goodlatte
This piece will be running in the major newspapers in Virginia's 6th congressional district, which Mr. Goodlatte represents in the U.S. Congress. Republicans outnumber Democrats in this District by an...
View ArticleHow the Media Must Follow Up on the GOP’s “For Trump, Because Hillary” Gambit
Over a month ago, I spoke here about how the GOP was "cashing in" on its years of demonizing Hillary. By waving in front of the public eye the image of the devil they've spent years developing -...
View ArticleReal and Phony Problems with Our Trade Deals
This piece will be appearing in newspapers in my conservative congressional district in Virginia.Trump is right that there are problems with our trade deals. But the problems are not at all what Trump...
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