Open Thread

Self-regard and the presidency fit together all too well, as Bill Clinton reminds us with a -- get this -- book tour for a novel. It didn't go all that…

Some people are peddling the notion that there is no "civil war" among Democrats. Their evidence: Candidates who have won primary races span the ideological spectrum from Blue Dogs to…

It's primary day in several states, including Pennsylvania, and the national punditocracy has made clear it will claim the results shall determine the future of the Democratic Party. It's true…

Despicable as he is, Trump is unquestionably great at one thing: Playing the media. That's the answer to the perpetual question, "How did Trump win?" and it explains a lot…

The ignorant will always be with us, but I'll be satisfied when they go back to being ashamed of it. As it stands, "Ignorant and Proud of It" is the…

The problem with arguing from facts is that you have to take the time to gather them. So now we have a study that reaches the same conclusion Delawareans reached…

A lot of otherwise right-thinking people seem to think that the Trump controversies involving Russia on the one hand and porn stars on the other are distractions from the real…

If you're having a race to the bottom, you shouldn't invite a guy who makes his living underground. Don Blankenship, America's most lethal boss, went ballistic this morning when Trump…

To everyone else, "refuse to lose" is a sales-motivational cliche. To Republicans, it's an operating system. So even if you're Roy Moore, and you lost not just the election but…