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I’ve been to Munich twice and for the Oktoberfest both times. The second trip was a group adventure. Ten of us rented apartments in Munich and in Amsterdam for 19…

The annual "Peanuts" cartoon of Charlie Brown trusting Lucy to hold that football is a wonderful metaphor because it's so adaptable. Some people see it, like a divorcee's marriage, as…

The very Democratic worry-warts and winless campaign consultants who worried Democrats into their current state of uselessness are now worried that calling for the abolishment of the increasingly fascist ICE will be "good for Trump."

Nobody likes Carney's "Simpler Light" executive order.

Wow. Talks about the fix being in. Turns out that retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy has a son who was global head of real estate capital markets at Deutsche Bank, which…

High-school dropout Sean Hannity, Trump's de facto chief of staff, recommended ousted Fox News executive Bill Shine, Roger Ailes' right-hand man, as White House communication director and, hey presto! He's…

At some liberal web sites pundits already see rivers and seas boiling, fire and brimstone falling from the sky, and the walls in the 39th precinct bleeding. Cooler heads point…

Nancy Pelosi is a goner. When the Democrats retake the House, she will not be elected Speaker, and it's her own doing, because she has alienated members from both the…

Many people are taking the primary victory by Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over a 20-year incumbent as a positive sign for more liberal policies, but Michael Tomasky sees her as…

Your record is terrible on all the items Democratic voters care about:

• Medicare For All
• Housing As a Human Right
• A Federal Jobs Guarantee
• Gun Control / Assault Weapons Ban
• Criminal Justice Reform, End Private Prisons
• Immigration Justice
• Solidarity with Puerto Rico
• Mobilizing Against Climate Change
• Clean Campaign Finance
• Higher Education for All
• Women's Rights
• Support LGBTQIA+
• Support Seniors
• Curb Wall Street Gambling: Restore Glass Steagall

Congratulations Alexandria & Viva the People's Democratic Party revolution!

Yes, you hate her, but give Sarah Huckabee Sanders credit -- she served Trump well by tweeting out her experience at the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Va. Her job…

I know it looks bleak. But remember that the system was set up to reflect the will of the people. A minority government can only hold out so long, and…

By which I mean Trump attacked Harley Davidson for moving some of its production to Europe in response to retaliatory tariffs imposed in Trump's trade war. This, naturally, prompted a…