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President Trump Should Split the Difference on the Border Wall Jan. 24, 2019
In Washington, something's got to give. An irresistible force cannot keep butting against an immovab... Read More
The Gales of Winter in Shutdown Washington Jan. 23, 2019
WASHINGTON — Greetings from a world capital where an arctic wind blows and democracy is as fro... Read More
A Childhood Home Isn't for Everyone Jan. 23, 2019
First, I saw the photo. Why, I wondered, was my youngest sister texting a picture of a yellow Kobelc... Read More
Both GOP, Democrats Must Feel Heat for Shutdown to End Jan. 20, 2019
WASHINGTON — The partial government shutdown will end when both sides think they are losing th... Read More
Make Your Speech on Your Own Turf, President Trump Jan. 18, 2019
It is amusing that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claims her desire to delay the State of the Union addr... Read More
The Shutdown Necessarily Continues Jan. 18, 2019
The Democrats have long supported securing the border. But it is a signature initiative from Preside... Read More
Wall Money for DACA Protection Jan. 16, 2019
Political compromises in Washington aren't easy to find these days, but for how long can an obvious ... Read More
Are We Truly One Paycheck From Disaster? Jan. 15, 2019
The partial government shutdown has forced some federal workers to move money around to pay for food... Read More
Signals From Outer Space Jan. 15, 2019
We're taking a break from the increasingly ridiculous game of chicken playing out in Washington and ... Read More
Hold Tight on the Wall, President Trump Jan. 11, 2019
The Democrats are no more serious about border security today than they were when they falsely promi... Read More
As Trump Digs in on Shutdown, Senate GOP Should Consider Veto Override Jan. 11, 2019
One easy solution to the three-week government shutdown appears to be growing more viable by the day... Read More
Disaster Relief Is Overdue Jan. 11, 2019
Expediency is essential when it comes to disaster relief. That's a fact that need not be debated. Bu... Read More
He Said, She and He said Jan. 10, 2019
The budget shutdown is currently the second-longest on record, on track to break the 1995-96 shutdow... Read More
The Stakes Are Becoming More Costly Jan. 10, 2019
On Jan. 8, 2019, at 9 p.m. EST, President Donald Trump delivered a primetime national address from t... Read More
There Is More to Governing Than Government Jan. 10, 2019
Republicans and Democrats are carrying on in Washington as if the fate of the world depends upon how... Read More
Dems Should Swap Wall for Immigration Reform Jan. 10, 2019
Democrats are squandering an opportunity by taking a no-compromise stance to reopening the federal g... Read More
Strike a Deal on Wall Funding Jan. 09, 2019
It's depressing — but, at the same time, fitting — that the new Congress has come to tow... Read More
If Trump Really Wanted to Enforce Immigration, He'd Open the Government Jan. 08, 2019
We who follow immigration policy closely know that the wall is a dumb idea. Closing much of the gove... Read More
Government Shutdown: Money, Money Everywhere, But Not a Drop for a Wall Jan. 03, 2019
This is not our first partial government shutdown. Somehow, someway, from 1976 through 2017, the nat... Read More
Keeping the Shutdown in Perspective Jan. 03, 2019
In official Washington and the nation's political media world, the partial shutdown of the federal g... Read More
