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The political pro who became the GOAT

Lincoln scholar Matthew Pinsker recently told the Guardian newspaper that the 16th president was, "arguably," the "greatest democratic politician in the history of the world," and "all of us would appreciate having a few more Lincolns in politics today." Amen to that, brother Pinsker, who ...

Trump’s way with words: Ouch!

Donald Trump says such weird, sometimes hurtful, things, that he makes it easy to pile on. At his invitation, practically speaking, let's take two examples from just the past week or so. Example one: the death of Robert Mueller. A week ago Friday, Mueller died. He was 81. The director of the ...

OP-ED: Trump diplomats blunder into war

Did Steve Wittkoff and Jared Kushner blow it? The friend and son-in-law respectively of Donald Trump were negotiating with the Iranian government on a new nuclear deal when U.S. and Israeli bombs began bolting from the skies above that country's military and security installations; in one ...

An independent for president in 2028?

Right now, somewhere in the political world, someone is contemplating a race for president of the United States, not as a loyal Republican or a loyal Democrat, but as an independent. The year 2028 looks ripe for such a campaign. By the time campaign season rolls around in 2027, the political ...

The unique, unifying quality of sports

Before three-point shots and slam dunks, a basketball game was played in Kentucky between the West Virginia University Mountaineers and Adolph Rupp's Kentucky Wildcats. Back then, in the late 1950s, Kentucky was the center of the college basketball world. Rupp was a celebrated coach, a wizard ...

UFOs, Greenland and Donald Trump

At Tuesday night's State of the Union address, President Trump, speaking of the Democratic lawmakers in the House chamber, proclaimed, "These people are crazy. I'm telling you, they're crazy." Not so fast, Mr. President. Here are two examples of real crazy. Both originate with the president ...