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Putting 'Professionals' in Charge Jun. 13, 2026
I'm not one to generally quote Senate Majority Leader John Thune as my authority on Cabinet appointe... Read More
Through the Strangers' Eyes Jun. 12, 2026
The World Cup is kicking off here in the United States and for the next five weeks, a sport most Ame... Read More
To be Human is to be Exceptional Jun. 12, 2026
"Do you have any heroes?" I'm guessing that Peter Singer would answer with a hard "no," considering ... Read More
Even Without His Controversies, Graham Platner Is Just a Lightweight Extremist Jun. 12, 2026
Set aside, for a moment, that Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner spent years with a Nazi SS Toten... Read More
Platner Wants Redemption. Others Want a Refund Jun. 11, 2026
Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna conceded at a rally for the Maine senatorial candidate that Graham Platner's... Read More
Trump Goes to the NBA Finals -- Look Who Attacked Him Jun. 11, 2026
President Donald Trump, a native of Queens, New York, and a longtime Knicks fan, announced plans to ... Read More
The Scammer Jun. 11, 2026
I woke up early to catch the latest news on the election results, only to find that the first text m... Read More
A Requiem For Privacy Jun. 11, 2026
When President Donald Trump appointed an obviously unqualified friend, a home builder executive, to ... Read More
Graduates, Your Degree is Worthless -- Without These Valuable Life Skills Jun. 11, 2026
SAN DIEGO — Commencement season transports me back two decades to a graduation speech I was ho... Read More
The Gilded Age of Billion-Dollar Political Bribery Jun. 10, 2026
Remember long, long ago in the old-timey days of politics, way back ... maybe 10 years or so? In th... Read More
Kristen Welker Insults President Trump With 'No Evidence' Guff Jun. 10, 2026
President Donald Trump's outbursts at the end of his "Meet the Press" interview, where he called Kri... Read More
Here to 'Help' Jun. 10, 2026
Politicians promise they'll "help" us. President Donald Trump says he'll "create the jobs and future... Read More
Time to Seize the Strait of Hormuz? Jun. 10, 2026
I think the time has come to revisit a column of mine published Feb. 18, 2026. Titled "Some Hard Ch... Read More
In No One We Trust: Americans Grow Increasingly Cynical, With Increasingly Good Reason Jun. 09, 2026
In a 2011 Los Angeles Times column titled "When Unity Was All-American," writer George Skelton marke... Read More
Time for Term Limits for Federal Judges Jun. 09, 2026
In 1787, when the U.S. Constitution was being drafted in Philadelphia, the average life expectancy f... Read More
GOP Becomes Party of Victims, Conspiracy Theorists and Sore Losers Jun. 09, 2026
SAN DIEGO — Republicans need a new mascot that is more in sync with their current vibe. Like a... Read More
Nevada's Mr. Bean Leaves Washington Jun. 08, 2026
Rep. Mark Amodei appears to be trying out for a reality TV show titled "How to Fail in Politics With... Read More
Pope Leo Courts the Global Left Jun. 08, 2026
No pope can afford to be completely apolitical, but Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, is proving ... Read More
Counting Votes in California Jun. 06, 2026
There he goes again. As Democrats predicted before the first votes were in, President Donald Trump i... Read More
Trust Fund Commies Jun. 05, 2026
The Democratic Socialists of America has a class problem that its own rhetoric is designed to obscur... Read More
