History, if we study it, is a teacher. It informs us and provides valuable perspective on the challenges of our times.  Consider… “To one...

The essential objective of the Republican Party for the next five months is to rewrite the history of the last three and a half years....

The United States, the acknowledged world leader in the post-World War II era, is in retreat and decline. Among America’s closest...

“The Republican states are in strong shape,” Donald Trump said last month. “I don’t know — is that luck or is that talent?” The president...

In the wee hours of last Monday morning the president of the United States picked up his iPhone and rage tweeted four times at the...

In the wee hours of last Monday morning the president of the United States picked up his iPhone and rage tweeted four times at the...

The rank incompetence of Donald Trump’s response to the global pandemic will be studied for generations, analyzed and assessed as one of...

The rank incompetence of Donald Trump’s response to the global pandemic will be studied for generations, analyzed and assessed as one of...

Over the last six weeks Congress has appropriated $3 trillion to ease the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is by far the largest...

Over the last six weeks Congress has appropriated $3 trillion to ease the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is by far the largest...

Wisconsin, a state with a long progressive political tradition were state-level innovations were once the rule, recently held a...

Wisconsin, a state with a long progressive political tradition were state-level innovations were once the rule, recently held a...

My political education began in the 1970s in South Dakota. An uncle served in the legislature as a Republican and later a top aide to a...

My political education began in the 1970s in South Dakota. An uncle served in the legislature as a Republican and later a top aide to a...

“A pandemic is a lot like a forest fire,” then-President George W. Bush said in 2005. “If caught early it might be extinguished with...

“A pandemic is a lot like a forest fire,” then-President George W. Bush said in 2005. “If caught early it might be extinguished with...

There is an unrelenting mathematical logic to the spread and impact of the COVID-19 virus. Denial of the logic is like playing Russian...

There is an unrelenting mathematical logic to the spread and impact of the COVID-19 virus. Denial of the logic is like playing Russian...

NOTE: A reached out this week (thanks social media) to a great reporter I’ve known and respected for a long time who now lives in...

NOTE: A reached out this week (thanks social media) to a great reporter I’ve known and respected for a long time who now lives in...