To get onstage at the last Democratic debate, a candidate had to have received contributions from at least 225,000 donors. That disqualified Mike Bloomberg. He has only one donor: himself. That rule sounded nice and democratic with a small “d,” but actually, it is a highly flawed way to measure a candidate’s ability to win […]

The Democratic race is shaping up as most of the candidates expected at the outset, with the campaign appealing to the most fervent progressive wing of the party showing formidable strength. It’s just that Bernie Sanders is the one running that campaign. At the beginning of the race, everyone wanted to hug Bernie in the […]

Surely you remember the “basket of deplorables.” That was Hillary Clinton’s 2016 characterization of some Donald Trump supporters. Observers saw it as a major gaffe, and conservatives erupted in hot, “How dare you!” indignation at the idea there was anything deplorable about voting for a lying, racist, misogynistic, vagina-grabbing, deadbeat. Few people, if any, dared […]

Having represented rural communities in our state Legislature for five years, I know how vitally important access to premier doctors and health care facilities is for our families. That’s why surprise medical billing has become such an acute issue in our state and area, one that not only threatens the financial well-being of our residents […]

Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and PLO leader Yasser Arafat met at Camp David where Barak offered almost all of what Arafat asked for in exchange for making peace with the Jewish state. Arafat rejected the offer. The reason was and remains that the Palestinian leadership doesn’t want to […]

This past week, the president signed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) into law to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In Washington, big-moneyed special interests, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump all cheered the news. As he signed the new deal, President Trump declared, “We are finally ending the NAFTA nightmare and signing […]

The subject of patriotism is not really discussed frequently by individuals or families today. Why do you think this is the case? Do most no longer care or do they really question the value of its importance, or the necessity of passing this from one generation to the next? These are the values that have made […]

It shouldn’t be news that John Bolton can attest to a White House scheme to pressure Ukraine on investigations. The existence of this campaign, now at the center of the impeachment fight, has been obvious for months. There is no mystery here, no whodunit, no dining-car reckoning from “Murder on the Orient Express” or bank-vault […]

A lot of things are going wrong on this planet, and a lot of those problems are made in China. The deadly coronavirus is being linked to “wet markets” that traffic in wildlife. Not only have these markets enabled the virus to pass from animals to humans but they have also contributed to the decimation […]

While meeting with a World Health Organization official in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping conceded that the coronavirus epidemic presented “the Chinese people” with a struggle. “The epidemic is a demon, and we cannot let this demon hide,” Xi said. Xi added that the Beijing communist government would “release information on the virus in a […]