Hillary Clinton

Obama is bumming me out

I didn’t expect him to follow the Clintons to the Wall Street trough.

I remember shortly after the election telling my dad that I hoped Obama would not chase the big bucks after his presidency the way the Clintons…

The other way that Hollywood liberalism hurts us

Since the election, there have been more than a few fingers pointed at John Oliver, Samantha Bee and other icons of mainstream pop liberalism.

Do people like it when politicians swear?

Donald Trump upended a number of firm assumptions that many of us long held about American politics. In most cases for worse, I think. But there is one key lesson about Trump’s success that I hope the U.S. political class learns: It’s OK to drop the F-bomb…

Time for Democrats to mellow out

What do the following places have in common: Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Colorado and the District of Columbia.

All have legalized marijuana. And in every instance it has been the voters, not elected…

Dems don’t need to act like Joe Manchin to win red states

Maybe Joe Manchin actually thinks that Stephen Mnuchin will be a decent secretary of the treasury. Despite his occasional dalliances with populist positions, Manchin’s record strongly suggests his instincts are oriented towards…

How much evil can we accept?

I’ve been thinking recently about a question Pastor Rick Warren asked Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign: “Does evil exist? And if it does do we ignore it, negotiate with it, contain it, or do we defeat it?”