The term 'disrupter' has become an accolade, like first-responder or something.
The more Scott Walker campaigns, the more he proves he is not intellectually fit for the office he's seeking. He asserts innocent ignorance on matters he should by now know something about - a way of masking his apparent bigotry.
Israel may be beloved, but for American security, it is not essential.
In power politics, it's usually not enough to be liked. A nation has to be considered essential.
The fact is that the United States does not need Israel. Our special relationship was not forged, as it was with Great Britain, in two world wars, not to mention a common language and, in significant respects, culture. It is based on warmth, emotion, shared values - and, not to be dismissed, a potent domestic lobby.
The ability and willingness to keep two opposing views in mind at the same time are hallmarks of adulthood.
I have come to the conclusion that Ben Carson is a bit nuts. I say that not because I disagree with him politically, but because he doesn't seem to know what the truth is.
My father was raised in an orphanage, and my mother was an immigrant from Poland whose first childhood memory was of hunger. Somehow, despite all of that, I am called a member of the 'elite.' If so, I damned well earned it.
Among the things I know is that Trump voters were played for suckers.
I have written about cultural dislocation, and I understand the corrosive effect of diminished expectations.
A presidential candidate needs a slogan.
Sometimes I think that Rush Limbaugh is the dumbest man in America. This happens whenever I take him at face value and forget that he is basically an entertainer with contempt for his audience. He will tell them anything.
It takes a willful disregard of history to appreciate how white Southerners could look at the Confederate battle flag and see states' rights or a way of life or a tradition - and not one human being whipping another, which was a common occurrence.
I am glad to see the Confederate battle flag gone from a place of honor at the South Carolina state capitol.
Opposition to social change is but one pillar of contemporary Republicanism.
Large government is inevitably inefficient, but so, too, is large private enterprise.
Much worse than the unavoidable inefficiencies of large government is the failure to fund the government we need.
Private enterprise cannot rebuild the nation's infrastructure or keep our research institutions vibrant. Government must do what only it can do.
