Eliminating the department would mean parceling out most of its activities to other federal agencies, a sleight of hand maneuver that might create the appearance of smaller government but would disrupt the ordinary operations of the federal government.
Canada is phasing out coal as a source of electricity production by 2030. The same thing will happen in the United States no matter how much politicians try to stop it.
Alabama’s Jeff Sessions will become the nation’s top law enforcement officer. That’s not a good thing.
One professor is suggesting that Bernie Sanders played a role in 2016 similar to the one that Ralph Nader did in 2000. It doesn’t pass even cursory examination.
The Federal Judge presiding over Dylann Roof’s murder trial suggested late last week that Roof may not presently be competent to stand trial. This does not mean that he’ll be set free, though.
Even if you’re not sure who you should vote for, it’s obvious who you shouldn’t vote for.
I’ve been something of a political news junkie for 40 years now. This year has burned me out.
Two weeks before Election Day, everything seems to be going Hillary Clinton’s way.
Donald Trump is doing worse with white voters than Mitt Romney did in 2012.
It’s possible that Mike Pence won and Donald Trump still lost. It won’t matter.
Democratic hopes of retaking the Senate aren’t going so well at the moment.
David Brooks thinks American politics “Could get ugly” before the ship gets righted.
Much like their predecessors, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have released only limited information about their health. It may be time for that to change.
A report over the weekend raises questions about whether or not Donald Trump is changing positions on a central tenet of his campaign.
Early indications are the Ruth Bader Ginsburg and other older Justices don’t plan on leaving any time soon.
A Trump loss in November could lead to battles inside the GOP that could take years to resolve.
Don’t be fooled into thinking that the election is “over,” because it isn’t.
Republican hopes that Wisconsin might go Republican this year seem to be slipping away.
Hillary Clinton delvers a largely successful acceptance speech that caps off a convention that ran far smoother than its Republican counterpart.
Eight years after beating her for the Democratic Nomination, Barack Obama passed the torch to Hillary Clinton with a speech that sounded more like Ronald Reagan than anything we’ve heard from the Republican nominee.
Thirty five years after trying to kill President Reagan, John W. Hinckley Jr. is close to being a free man.
Donald Trump started out his campaign by telling us that the American dream is dead, and he returned to those dark and pessimistic themes in his acceptance speech last night.00
Ted Cruz’s convention speech was about what you’d expect, a gamble designed to set up his campaign for President in 2020 or beyond.
The 2016 Republican Convention is barely halfway over, but some Republicans are already looking ahead to 2020.
Is Indiana’s Governor a contender to be Donald Trump’s running mate?
A man who survived great horrors to become a tireless witness for truth and advocate for human rights has passed away.
Many pundits are arguing that the victory for ‘Leave’ presages good news for Trump in November, but there’s no reason to believe that.
A purported ‘short list’ of potential running mates for Hillary Clinton is out. Here’s how the candidates stack up.
Republican leaders and politicians continue to distance themselves from their party’s presumptive nominee.
Republicans have a choice to make and, so far, they’ve been making the wrong one.
With two former Republican governors running under its banner, is there such a thing as a “Libertarian Party”?
If you think this campaign has been awful, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
In the immortal words of the Fonz, I was wr-wr-wr-wr . . . not exactly right.
In an unprecedented move that reeks of desperation, Ted Cruz is naming Carly Fiorina as his running mate before the primary process has even ended.
Ted Cruz pulled off a win in Wisconsin, giving some hope to the “Stop Trump” crowd.
Donald Trump takes opposition to abortion to a new, extreme, level.
Nancy Reagan was a crucial part what made Ronald Reagan the man he was, and today she passed away at the age of 94.
With time running out, the top three candidates for the Republican nomination picked up right where they left off last week.
Mitt Romney came out with a blistering speech denouncing Donald Trump, but it’s unlikely to have much of an impact on the race.
Even as Hillary Clinton heads toward winning the Democratic nomination for President, there’s an server-sized shadow over her campaign.
A renewed internal GOP fight to stop Donald Trump seems to be doomed to fail.
Ronald Reagan famously claimed, “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The party left me.” I’m going through the process in reverse.
Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz landed some punches on Donald Trump last night, but it’s doubtful that they changed the nature of the race.
