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Time for Democrats to widen their ‘big tent’

Here we go again. We're approaching another presidential campaign year, and once again I am reminded of what the great sage Will Rogers said back in 1933: "I am not a member of any organized political party," he said. "I am a Democrat." Yes, I know that Rogers quote is old enough to have ...

News flash: We live in a mixed economy

Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan keeps calling himself a capitalist. And the Democratic Socialists of America keep backing him to the eyeballs. Why? Because the DSA understands that El-Sayed has to say that to win over even Democrats in a moderate state like Michigan. ...

A foreseeable and dire munitions crisis

During the 1979-1980 hostage crisis, a defiant Iran starkly demonstrated the limits of American power. Forty-five years later, it is doing the same thing, although in vastly different circumstances. Back then, when the post-Vietnam military was at a low ebb, we didn't strike Iran, and a ...

No price too high for evading back-to-school shopping

In the pantheon of parental duties, shopping for school supplies stands alone. At the tripart crossroads of "least enjoyable," "most expensive" and "least negotiable," it is an intrinsic part of life in late summer, and it has been since I was a kid in the Cretaceous era. I remember it ...

Trump’s hubris rivals the fallen heroes of ancient Greek mythology

In January, the New York Times asked President Donald Trump if there were any limits on his global powers. "Yeah," the president responded, "there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me." That was eight months ago, but fortunately Christopher Nolan's ...

Socialism in the open and on the right

The Democratic Socialists of America released their platform last month, and let's give them credit for candor. They want public ownership of large corporations, the abolition of police and prisons, a defunded Pentagon and open borders. Conservatives read that document and saw the future they ...