"The Jerry Springer Show" has been off the air for years, but you'd never know it to judge by the state of American politics, which now serves up titillation and outrage as reliably as Jerry Springer ever did.
Fear has a name in the Democratic Party, and that name is Cornel West.
Pauline Kael knew she wasn't a representative American.
In 2016, Donald Trump faced the strongest Republican presidential field in decades.
You don't need a college degree to understand what's happening in our country.
America is an aging society, but this is no country for old men.
President Joe Biden has a chance to do the right thing for all Americans -- a brave and unpopular thing that will spare the country excruciating pain next year.
Mark Twain said history doesn't repeat but it rhymes. The life of Warren G. Harding rhymes with the presidential politics of our time.
Americans have a habit of thinking about China in this light.
Are Democrats forfeiting the 2024 election?
Republicans can only imagine what it would feel like to win four national elections in a row -- wielding executive and legislative power for more than a dozen years.
The Independence Day season is a time to ask a hard question.
Samuel Huntington got Ukraine wrong.
When Americans think about conflict with China, Taiwan comes to mind first.
