It’s less than a week before Christmas. You’re overwhelmed wrapping presents…and hoping that last package arrives at the door in time.  You’re getting ready to host the big dinner…or packing to fight the mob at the airport or on the interstate. There’s no time to think about anything else.

Recently I asked a very informed 20-something what issues she feels resonate more with her generation than with older voters.  Without pausing, she said, “climate change”. Turns out, she’s right.

Depending on what you saw and who you believe, the opening days of the impeachment hearings were either a bombshell or a dud. With the process in the House predicted to last through the rest of 2019, they’ll be plenty of time to make up minds.

If you’re a reasonable person, you’ll agree that the U.S. presidential election system is broken.

If you’re a reasonable person, you’ll agree that the U.S. presidential election system is broken.

New research once again demonstrates the maniacal devotion of white evangelical voters to Donald Trump--and how the politics and values of those voters split so sharply with the rest of America.

All along, the reasons not to impeach Donald Trump have been pretty clear…

Elizabeth Warren, the candidate with a plan for everything, certainly has a masterplan for her campaign.

In 1850, America was consumed with the question of slavery. The awkward Missouri Compromise and similar plans created a perilous national balancing act, attempting to both condemn and retain slavery at the same time.

In 1850, America was consumed with the question of slavery. The awkward Missouri Compromise and similar plans created a perilous national balancing act, attempting to both condemn and retain slavery at the same time.

Is it different this time?

I don’t know. I have my doubts. After Sandy Hook and Parkland, it’s hard to imagine any horror moving some Americans to take the obvious steps necessary to stop the killing of other Americans.

Most studies find affordable, high quality health care the #1 issue for voters in 2020. So, it’s only logical that it’s taking center stage as a talking point for Democratic candidates.

Retired General Jim Mattis became the first confirmed member of Donald Trump’s cabinet in 2017. Mattis boasted a legendary Marine Corps career of 44 years, which is (…hold on, let me double check my math here…OK, yep…) exactly 44 years longer than the military career of the man who nominated him.

There can be no doubt. These days, the name of the game is names. Improperly describing, addressing or identifying not just people—but also places and things—is a tiptoe trip through a linguistic minefield. The lines which delineate such spaces are not only blurred…they keep shifting.

With their Debate Road Show now underway, Democrats are proposing grand plans—mostly for the good. But numbers are numbers, and as much as candidates want to avoid them, in the end someone’s going to have to foot the bill. Let’s deal with two different plans centered on the cost of college.

And so it begins…

I heard a pundit last week offer a blazing truth on the current division in the Democratic Party. He or she (can’t remember which) said the “defining distinction” for “old line” Democrats, like Joe Biden, is still class; but for the “new” ones (including most everyone running against him in the primaries), that distinction is identity.

In 1974, John Hersey wrote a small gem of a novel called, My Petition for More Space. Employing the same dystopian vibe as Orwell’s 1984, his protagonist stands in an endless line awaiting his chance to ask for more than the 8’x12’ stamp of cement floor on which he “lives”.

Five years ago, a reporter at the Washington Post wrote a book called, Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time. It was a cri de Coeur, a heartfelt lament about not being able to meet the competing and constant demands of her job and her family.

There’s no love lost between Donald Trump and the Bush clan. Like an argument at Thanksgiving dinner, they’re feuding members of the same political family. But that doesn’t mean that Trump doesn’t learn, and sometimes borrow, from the traditional GOP playbook.

With the arrival of a single candidacy, the Democratic presidential race seemed to turn from a free-for-all into Davids vs. Goliath—with Joe Biden playing the role of the big guy. In recent days, his initial lead has only expanded.