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The border wall is now a MacGuffin, and that's the problem.
Before we get to the question of whether the president of the United States is a Russian asset, let's consider another question: When was the last time a popular and contentious conspiracy theory turned out to be true? Not a little true, but, like, really true?
As a percentage of its population, Iowa sent more troops to fight in the Civil War than any other state.
It's fitting that the Green New Deal pushed by many but popularized by Democratic phenom Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who had her "60 Minutes" debut on Sunday, is a triumph of recycling.
I wanted to write this column about dogs. If you follow me on Twitter or have read my work elsewhere, you probably know that about me: I like my dogs. Though truth be told, I probably like your dogs, too. Because I just like dogs.
The primary shutdown sticking point is about symbolism, for want of a better word.
For a very long time now, I have been predicting that the Trump presidency will end poorly because character is destiny.
America is often described as a constitutional democracy or constitutional republic. That's not really true. The best you could say is that our system is constitutional-ish.
Remember the old saw about the salesman who loses money on every sale but thinks he can make up the shortfall by selling in volume?
Donald Trump probably can't win the 2020 presidential election, but the Democrats can lose it.
We've lost anything remotely like a moral consensus in this country because legalism has crowded out morality.
One of the most comforting talking points in politics is to claim that your political opponents are irrationally obsessed. I'm sure this is as old as time, but I first noticed it in the late 1990s.
There are a few movie scenes guaranteed to put a lump in my throat every time. Near the top of the list is the end of "Saving Private Ryan," Steven Spielberg's World War II masterpiece.
I've spent much of the last year promoting, debating and — let's just be honest — hawking my latest book, "Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy."
Hillary Clinton is right, mostly.
"America First!" That's how the president's official statement giving the crown prince of Saudi Arabia a pass for authorizing the gruesome murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi begins.
Now that all of the controversial elections, recounts and re-recounts are over, let us review some of our lessons learned.
Stan Lee, the reinventor of the comic book, died Monday at the ripe old age of 95.
Strap in, it's all going to get crazier.
The day after the midterm elections, President Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions, replacing him at least temporarily with a more pliable loyalist. When Sessions got the news on Wednesday, he asked if he could finish the week. Nope. Close of business today was the answer.
