Opinion
Republicans, in Thrall to Dear Leader, Dig a Deeper Bunker | Dick Polman
We dare not contemplate what the Washington Republicans would say if Donald Trump were to actually shoot someone…
Opinion
Boosting Social Security: Elizabeth Warren’s Potentially Winning Issue | Dick Polman
Have you heard that Elizabeth Warren has an ambitious plan — a surefire popular plan — to boost…
Opinion
Would an Economic ‘Trump Slump’ Doom His Re-election? | Dick Polman
The last three incumbent presidents to lose their reelection bids — Gerald Ford in 1976, Jimmy Carter in…
Opinion
Don’t Immediately Dismiss Trump’s Republican Challenger | Dick Polman
Pop quiz: What did Lyndon Johnson in 1968, Gerald Ford in 1976, Jimmy Carter in 1980, and George…
Opinion
Democrats Wrong to Turn Their Backs on Anti-Trump Republicans | Dick Polman
Winston Churchill understood that in times of national emergency, it was imperative to forge alliances with anyone willing…
Opinion
Even if Democrats Dump Trump, Theyll Need to Ditch Mitch | Dick Polman
The word in Colorado is that John Hickenlooper is being pressured to quit his futile presidential quest and…
Opinion
Will Republicans Finally Disown Trump’s Incendiary Racism? | Dick Polman
Amidst the latest bloodshed — the worst of it triggered by a white racist domestic terrorist whose El…
Opinion
The Democratic Circular Firing Squad Forgot About Trump | Dick Polman
Deep into Wednesday’s Democratic debate, exasperated Republican strategist John Weaver tweeted: “When the topic is criminal justice, how…
Opinion
Mueller’s Testimony: Impeachment Accelerant or Anticlimax? | Dick Polman
Remember the now-distant days when we Americans who closely track Donald Trump’s lies and lawlessness waited in great…
Opinion
Trump’s Racist Tweets: A Foretaste of Toxic 2020 | Dick Polman
White racism was at the root of Donald Trump’s 2016 candidacy, and so it will be again in…
Opinion
Elizabeth Warren Wants To Abolish Private Health Insurance. Uh Oh. | Dick Polman
Is it possible to pluck one newsworthy moment from Wednesday night’s cacophonous 10-contestant Democratic quiz show? You bet.…
Opinion
The Numbing of America: Trump Allegations Treated As Old News | Dick Polman
In a normal universe, a vivid allegation of rape, leveled at a serially misogynist president, would be a…
Opinion
In Defense of Joe Biden’s Switcheroo | Dick Polman
H.L. Mencken, the famed crusty commentator, said one century ago: “A politician is an animal which can sit…