October 7, 2016A colleague's question prompts us to look back into the history of why the debates are the way they are.
September 26, 2016Presidential debates are never about substance — and Trump the showman has the edge.
August 29, 2016In which I do not speak of lies, falsehoods, ignorance, bigotry or incitement to violence.
August 24, 2016One of Bill Clinton's signature achievements has a troubling legacy.
July 28, 2016With his last convention speech, the president forced pundits to acknowledge that Democrats are taking back an optimistic worldview.
July 20, 2016America surely has problems, but the Republican Right tends to ignore its role in causing them and now — under President Obama — exaggerates how bad the situation is.
May 6, 2016The numbers don't lie. The notion that angry blue collar voters could sway the election just may not be true.
March 11, 2016The shocking story isn't the rise of Donald Trump but how the GOP slowly morphed into a party of hate and obstruction.
February 29, 2016The spirited debate about the merits of Bernie Sanders's economic plan reminds two prominent economists of one that they were on opposite sides of 35 years ago.
February 5, 2016Round one goes not to the candidates but the media, which reasserted its dominance over the political process — for now.
