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Sunday, May 19
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If we believe human life is infinitely valuable, then how a pregnancy begins, even through rape or incest, is irrelevant. A preborn human... Read More
State legislators have proposed Draconian new laws on the assumption that, when they come before the Supreme Court, they will be used to... Read More
OK, so here's my bias: I've been very skeptical – particularly since the GOP lost the House as a wave of once reliably... Read More
In many ways, he's running the same kind of campaign he would have in a pre-Trump, pre-Sanders era. Read More
Once a Putz, always a Putz. Mayor de Blasio's announcement that he's running for president was perfect in one regard: It accurately —... Read More
His plan to put a big check on charter schools, explained. Read More
Attorney General Bill Barr traveled to El Salvador this week with the goal of protecting Americans from dangerous gang members crossing the... Read More
Plot Twist: In Season 2 of Trumpworld, Trump tries to restrain his crazy advisers, rather than vice versa. Read More
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Of the many causes of political polarization in the United States, the conflict between religion and secularism is the oldest and deepest.... Read More
Obama and Trump upended two centuries of presidential selection. Voters say they're open to new kinds of candidates this time, too. Read More
If the presidential candidacy of Mayor de Blasio has any hope (and it does not), it is because Americans have stopped looking for leadership... Read More
PHILADELPHIA Joe Biden, the Delaware Democrat fondly referred to as Pennsylvanias third senator, came to the City of Brotherly love... Read More
If fewer Democrats were running, the former vice president would be a precarious front-runner. But with 23 candidates running, it will be... Read More
In a recent speech in Las Vegas, Pete Buttigieg, the Democratic presidential candidate from South Bend, Indiana, spoke about the dangers... Read More
On Saturday, in a result that stunned most analysts, voters re-elected the conservative coalition that has long resisted plans to sharply cut... Read More
The level of voter disgust with the government was not enough to throw it out and give Labor a chance. Now the ALP must ask why. Read More
As Comey's behaviour has recently grown more defensive and erratic, there is a mounting belief that he and his FBI agents illegally cut... Read More
By perpetuating Trump's falsehoods about the FBI and Mueller's report, Barr has become the kind of threat capable of doing severe harm. Read More
When Barr testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he provided many clues to the wide-ranging scope of malfeasance being looked at by... Read More
Banning abortion is unpopular. Banning abortion for rape victims is insanely unpopular. Read More
Every person's humanity is determined not by how wanted they are or the circumstances surrounding their conception, but by the fact that they... Read More
President Trump's rhetoric against the press, including calling members of the media Read More
The ex-lawyer for Harvey Weinstein isn't a victim of political correctness or #MeToo excess. He put his professional brand above his... Read More
There is a reason you don't let inmates run your asylum, allow your toddler to eat candy for dinner or tell the Labrador retriever sitting... Read More
The College Board, the nonprofit that administers the SAT (originally called the Scholastic Aptitude Test) taken... Read More
Twitter is the most stripped-down of the social media, and thus the most illustrative of their basic flaws. It makes it easy for people to... Read More
Look at this, mates. From Down Under comes news that the incumbent prime minister of Australia has been returned to office in what the wires... Read More
Boeing and the FAA together face a difficult climb to restore their public reputations in the wake of the 737 MAX crashes and grounding.... Read More
Trump administration pulls plug on California rail funding — but the project won't die. Read More
Because the president resists transparency, the public can only guess at his other conflicts of interest. Read More
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President Trump talks a good game on immigration, but does he have the political will or moxie to actually do something about it? We'll see. Read More
Donald Trump has seemed largely uninterested in foreign policy. He got excited briefly when he thought he could win a Nobel Peace Prize and... Read More
When it comes to American trade policy toward China, the candidates running for the Democratic presidential nomination are about 20 years... Read More
A dispatch from New Hampshire, where there's an undeniable wave of affection for the former vice president Read More
What 'electability' seems to mean in 2020 — and what it meant in 2018. Read More
Attorney General Bill Barr recently asked a question that all Americans should be asking: “How did we get to the point where . . . the... Read More
Straight out of the authoritarian playbook. Read More
From Alberta to Australia, from Finland to France, and beyond, voters are increasingly showing their displeasure with expensive energy... Read More
People increasingly see the environmental crisis as a national priority, says former Guardian environment editor John Vidal Read More
There is a lesson in British politics for the rest of the world: A democratic revolt of the people against the establishment cannot be... Read More
Donald J. Trump is the only president in history who is criticized for delivering on his campaign promises. Read More
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal's requests for the tax returns of President Trump and his related businesses appear to... Read More
The House Ways and Means Committee's stated purpose of investigating how the IRS enforces tax laws against sitting presidents is an obvious... Read More
There are a few ways—and no one is making a better inadvertent argument for them than Facebook itself. Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh ruled with the majority on Monday that iPhone users can sue Apple Inc. over its app prices.... Read More
Trump doesn't believe in free speech on social media any more than he believes in open borders or free trade Read More
Last month, the Poynter Institute, home of PolitiFact, published through its International Fact-Checking Network a list of what it deemed... Read More
In the heated tribalism of modern American politics, one issue transcends entrenched political divides: health care.A new public opinion survey by RealClear Opinion Research measured voter attitudes about this pivotal issue. Respondents identified health care as a top issue, with 62% rating it the most or second most important issue facing the future of America. Health costs burden nearly half the Read More
John Durham, the prosecutor tapped by Attorney General William Barr to investigate how Trump-Russia allegations emerged and spread within federal law enforcement, has already been looking into whether the FBI’s former top lawyer, James Baker, illegally leaked to reporters.In fact, the U.S. attorney from Connecticut appears to have begun that work more than seven months ago, to judge from an unde Read More
Deep frustration over the Trump administration’s mixed messages on Iran erupted into public view this week amid growing concern in Washington about a military clash between the U.S. and Tehran – a conflict President Trump has said he doesn’t want but won’t rule out.With the U.S. and Iran in a tense standoff and diplomatic ties nearly nonexistent, news emerged Thursday night that the two si Read More
Today's Topics
- 2020 Democratic Nomination
- Australia
- Trump Administration
- U.S.-China Trade Dispute
- Justice Department Investigation
- Abortion Debate
- REAL CLEAR POLITICS FOR IPAD
- CARL CANNON'S AM NOTE
- Trump Administration's Mixed Signals on Iran Fuel Turmoil
-Susan Crabtree - California's Botched Motor-Voter Rollout Hovers Over 2020
-Susan Crabtree - Poll: 'Medicare for All' Support Is High -- But Complicated
-Carl M. Cannon - Once Cool to Trump, Tillis Challenger Courts His Support
-Philip Wegmann - Trump's Rules for Republicans (Adapted From Alinsky)
-Frank Miele
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