Category: Reflections

On July 11, Robert Gibbs, the roly-poly, happy-go-lucky White House press secretary, told a television interviewer that his party might well lose the House in …

I believe that a major turning point in the decay of the American political world came in the 1950s, when campaign managers shifted away from …

In Arizona, where I live, the battle over immigration law has become hysterical. People are flinging charges like “racist” at one another in the way …

A few months ago I received a curious letter. I put it with some other junk mail and just recently had the chance to go …

When Nancy Pelosi was campaigning two years ago, she kept screeching the mantra, “We will drain the swamp of corruption in Washington.” This was an …

Greg Mortenson, author of the bestseller “Three Cups of Tea,” and builder of schools for girls in Afghanistan and Pakistan, was our keynote speaker at …

Yes, I do my share of mudslinging at the Democratic administration. And no, I don’t think it’s right for the Democrats to accuse the Republicans …

This is chapter 1,559,363 in the long-running serial, “Why Don’t the Media Know What All the Rest of Us Do?” On July 17, there was …

Unlike Hillary Clinton, I’ve been a lifelong Yankee fan. I have on my wall a poster with the signatures of every Yankee member of the …

Amid much hoopla, the Obama-backed financial regulation bill (“Finreg”) finally passed Congress and was signed into law by a gloating president. Supposedly, it was crafted …