I’ve spent the last two weeks on a 3,000 mile road trip through nine very rural western and southwestern states – flyover country for...

I’ve spent the last two weeks on a 3,000 mile road trip through nine very rural western and southwestern states – flyover country for...

There is a wide-open field on the Republican side for the presidential nomination, with at least a half dozen serious contenders, while...

There is a wide-open field on the Republican side for the presidential nomination, with at least a half dozen serious contenders, while...

The #indiana has, at least for a few more days, reshaped and shuffled the pre-primary primary season for the Republican Party and I’m...

The #indiana has, at least for a few more days, reshaped and shuffled the pre-primary primary season for the Republican Party and I’m...

“…the president may serve only two 4-year terms, whereas senators may serve an unlimited number of 6-year terms.  As applied today, for...

“…the president may serve only two 4-year terms, whereas senators may serve an unlimited number of 6-year terms.  As applied today, for...

The U.S. Supreme Court this week confronts partisan politics and history in a way that will profoundly impact the court as an institution...

The U.S. Supreme Court this week confronts partisan politics and history in a way that will profoundly impact the court as an institution...

Start with the obvious – all politicians pander to one degree or another. It is an occupational hazard of the political art that...

Start with the obvious – all politicians pander to one degree or another. It is an occupational hazard of the political art that...

Last in a series… The steady demise of the middle class in America offers many story lines. Velveeta, that awesomely yellowy imitation...

Last in a series… The steady demise of the middle class in America offers many story lines. Velveeta, that awesomely yellowy imitation...

I’ve been teaching a class on American presidents this winter focusing on five men who to varying degrees, at least in my mind, were...

I’ve been teaching a class on American presidents this winter focusing on five men who to varying degrees, at least in my mind, were...

Now that Mitt Romney has decided to take a pass on a third bite at the White House apple it may be You may recall Romney’s comments...

Now that Mitt Romney has decided to take a pass on a third bite at the White House apple it may be You may recall Romney’s comments...

In 1972, the Gallup organization published three massive volumes of “top line” results from all the polls that Gallup conducted since it...

It was 1948 when the then-Governor of New York, the handsome and fearless former prosecutor – Tom Dewey – defeated the hapless Harry...