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The Center Must Hold
News headlines, academic reports and troubling anecdotes highlighting the current division in American politics are now a daily occurrence. Not since the late 1960s...
Why, Mr. President?
Why?
Even if everything Donald Trump has said about the late John McCain is true – and little of it is – why is Trump...
Those Iowa Caucuses
The Iowa caucuses are less than one year away. The Democrats have set February 3, 2020 as the date of the in-person caucuses, but...
The Wizard Of Oz Turns 80 But The Politics Are So Today
The Wizard of Oz turns eighty years old this summer. The film, that is. The book from which the film was taken, “The Wonderful...
Cheating
As I may have mentioned about 43,721 times, I am a Trustee of Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio 45750.
As such, I have read with particular...
Mueller Grand Jury, If You’re Listening . . .
It seems the Mueller report is going to come like a thief in the night. No one knows for sure when it will come...
How Is That Rhetoric Working Out For You?
One of the perks of being a counselor is that I get paid to ask people the questions that most are afraid to ask....
Boyd Matheson: What Will It Take To Find Authentic Populism?
Populism will remain a powerful, misused and even abused political tool as long as current leaders and policymakers across the political spectrum are primarily...
Just Walk Away, Don J.
Donald Trump went to Hanoi for his second summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and came away with nothing.
The Trump team’s spin...
Is America Really Heading Towards A Civil War?
It was just another night on the Fox News’ program, “The Ingraham Angle.”
The guest was one-time U.S. Attorney Joseph diGenova, a known right-wing...
