resident Donald Trump’s rally in Missouri was a set-piece of distortion about taxes and the economy” that “compounded his growing legacy of false tales on Twitter . . .” Those weren’t the opening lines from some loser liberal commentator. They were from the Associated Press. The editors at AP at som...

he initial grand jury indictments in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation have dropped like a box of rocks and include something called “Conspiracy against the United States.” It sounds like “fake news” the same way “flesh-eating bacteria” sounds like a prescription. Conspiracy is only one...

sually, common sense would tell you that the people who work most closely together know what’s real – and what’s not. Ask any top-notch student at the local high schools and they can tell you which teachers were the best, which ones truly helped them get into college. Ask those “in the know” about c...

residential addresses to the United Nations General Assembly don’t get a lot of press here at home, but they do matter to listeners around the world. And those who heard President Trump’s first such address may have noticed one concept repeated throughout: sovereignty. Most American high school stud...

hen it comes to upholding American values, the National Football League collectively scored a touchdown Sunday. All across America, from Los Angeles to Washington D.C., professional football players knelt and locked-arms in solidarity with one another following unwarranted criticism from the highest...

resident Trump has had a tough few weeks. Really. His CEOs quit his corporate advisory committees, he ousted Steve Bannon from his White House staff, he is under fire because of his non-apology for saying the Charlotteville violence came from many sides. Now, the Secret Service says the department h...

istorians will note how Donald Trump used social media to say what he wanted – unfiltered by media gatekeepers. Let history note, however, that the tables have turned. With so many insiders so willing to leak what they know, Americans are getting boatloads of damning information – unfiltered by Trum...

“The prosecution calls Rhona Graff.” Rhona – that’s the name. If Robert Mueller knows what he’s doing, Rhona will play the role of Rosemary – Rosemary Woods – in the 2017 remake of that immense thing that toppled a president in 1974, in what HBO’s John Oliver has dubbed “Stupid Watergate.” Woods was...

onald Trump, running for president, said he would not cut Medicaid. He said that though he would eviscerate the Affordable Care Act with a mighty and swift sword, “Everybody’s going to get covered” under his alternative. “I don’t care if it costs me votes or not.” So, America, do you think he would ...

f all politics is local, as Tip O’Neil famously said, then this year local politics is also national – or maybe international. That was driven home again last week when President Trump announced he will pull the United States from the Paris climate accord, saying he was elected to represent Pittsbur...