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Somehow, an accident of history has become enshrined as a principle of democratic governance. As I’ve noted before, the filibuster is nowhere mentioned in the Constitution, nor was it contemplated…

Last week, I surveyed the damage done to the Republican brand by the recent shutdown. Some faulted “the Tea Party” for the wreckage, though, as I noted earlier, not one…

While there were no winners in the government shutdown, the Republican Party was clearly a big loser. No one can say with certainty how long the damage will last or…

Everything has probably been said about the government shutdown, but not everyone has said it. So here are my 6 cents: 1. A majority of House Republicans were either irresponsible…

Deuteronomy enjoins us against yoking an ox and a donkey together to plow. The Bible forbids harnessing these two very different animals together, in part, because it is unfair to…

As a kid, I was captivated by newspaper cartoons and columns with titles like “Fun Facts To Know And Tell” and “News of the Weird.” I’m getting lots of both…

It is “self-evident,” avers the Declaration of Independence, that human beings are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” It is equally self-evident that the Creator nowhere endowed the…

Republicans are once again careening toward shutting down the U.S. government. I feel a bit lame adding my voice to the mix of those decrying the insanity of this move,…

Polling methodology has been a hot topic of late. But in all the discussion about “random deletion,” weighting by vote, analytics and dozens of other important issues, a basic principle…

Conventional wisdom claims that public opposition is one of President Obama’s prime impediments to obtaining congressional approval of military action against Syria. It shouldn’t be. Not that public opinion is…