In 1965 when Arkansas Sen. J. William Fulbright publicly expressed the private concerns he had long harbored about growing U.S. military...

In 1965 when Arkansas Sen. J. William Fulbright publicly expressed the private concerns he had long harbored about growing U.S. military...

(NOTE: This is the first of two parts on political spending by independent expenditure committees and how this practice has perverted...

(NOTE: This is the first of two parts on political spending by independent expenditure committees and how this practice has perverted...

I came of age in politics when it was considered a sin – a near mortal sin – to be caught in a lie or to be deemed guilty of a flip-flop....

I came of age in politics when it was considered a sin – a near mortal sin – to be caught in a lie or to be deemed guilty of a flip-flop....

Two old-school Republicans from Washington state have been in the news recently. And the political careers of William Ruckelshaus and...

Two old-school Republicans from Washington state have been in the news recently. And the political careers of William Ruckelshaus and...

My Aunt Vera was a genuinely nice person. She could have been the All-American model for a Norman Rockwell painting and she always...

My Aunt Vera was a genuinely nice person. She could have been the All-American model for a Norman Rockwell painting and she always...

You might have thought the modern Republican Party had reached its nadir back in 2016 when the party’s presidential candidate attacked an...

You might have thought the modern Republican Party had reached its nadir back in 2016 when the party’s presidential candidate attacked an...

The cowboy humorist Will Rogers famously said, “I’m not a member of any organized political party . . . I’m a Democrat.” I celebrated...

The cowboy humorist Will Rogers famously said, “I’m not a member of any organized political party . . . I’m a Democrat.” I celebrated...

The Trump defending Idaho congressional delegation was reminded yet again this week of the dangers involved in shielding a president who...

The Trump defending Idaho congressional delegation was reminded yet again this week of the dangers involved in shielding a president who...

For decades the national Republican Party literally owned the political debate over national security issues. Polls repeatedly indicated...

For decades the national Republican Party literally owned the political debate over national security issues. Polls repeatedly indicated...

The ultimate danger of the Trump presidency, even beyond the potentially catastrophic consequences of the recent abandonment of northern...

The ultimate danger of the Trump presidency, even beyond the potentially catastrophic consequences of the recent abandonment of northern...