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The media have already impeached Trump

In the immediate hours following Comey's firing, news outlets and TV commentators have indicated they're convinced Trump is guilty of something...  Read more

VA whistleblowers: Retaliation is getting worse, not better

Several whistleblowers said that while Trump seems to want to fix the broken VA, his goals are largely being ignored by the VA...  Read more

President Trump, ethanol is bad for your voters

Despite his support for the ethanol lobby on the campaign trail, Trump had shown a few signs that he might be willing to derail the ethanol gravy train...  Read more

Federal grants are the key to constraining bureaucracy

If Trump and Kushner are serious about draining the Beltway swamp, the quickest, most effective and lasting way might be to eliminate the grants-in-aid regime that produces so much of the bureaucratic mire...  Read more

Betsy DeVos Knew She Would Be Booed at Bethune-Cookman

Her speech focused on education and the strength of the school’s founder, but students still protested...  Read more

Deputy AG Rosenstein doesn't want all the blame for Comey canning

Rosenstein threatened to resign because of the narrative that he was solely behind Comey's forced departure, according to a report...  Read more

Democrats prepare for war over Russia special prosecutor

Schumer said Democrats want Comey, Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to brief Congress on Tuesday's decision...  Read more

Comey's firing: A proper exercise of authority or an abuse of power?

The Comey firing so far looks more like a replay of Trump's first travel ban — a controversial but justifiable decision executed incompetently...  Read more

Planned Parenthood Enlists 'Faith Leaders' to Condemn Religious Liberty

The abortion provider also suggests clergy perform public blessings of abortion clinics...  Read more

The Curious Case for Firing Comey

An atypically quiet day ends in typical chaotic fashion...  Read more

Senate women are missing from Democratic working groups, too

Democrats are no better than Republicans in making sure women play a prominent role in the process when it comes to Senate working groups...  Read more

Toward a fairer criminal justice system

Can law enforcement and criminal justice reform happen during a Trump administration?...  Read more

Democrats see 'Nixonian' coverup in Trump's move to fire James Comey

Many Democrats were openly claiming it was a brazen Trump cover-up of historic proportions...  Read more

Modern Medicis

To start off the new year, I bought my family three museum memberships...  Read more

Do Culture and Politics Mix?

In Aristophanes' play The Knights, I came upon the following sentence, spoken by the Greek general Demosthenes to a sausage-seller whom the gods have prophesied will become the next leader of Athens...  Read more

Is Trump Happy With McMaster, Or Isn't He?

Divergent views about the president's real view of his national security advisor...  Read more

5 big things we still don't know after Sally Yates' testimony

Sally Yates became something of a heroine to the president's opponents Monday with her testimony before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee...  Read more

Judges list binds conservatives to Trump

President Trump would likely not be in the Oval Office today if not for his pledge to appoint conservative judges to federal courts...  Read more