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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) recently opined that Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) would be unable to keep his job if he compromised with the president and the Democrats on sequestration. The…

In just over a week, massive, across-the-board cuts will hit first-responders and soldiers, kids in schools and patients in hospitals. They needn’t. Reasonable people recognize that the country suffers from…

Voting is a responsibility. But for too many, that responsibility has been transformed into a burden in ways that do violence to fundamental principles of democracy. In 2012, 13 percent…

Over the next two weeks, thousands of words will be written about President Obama’s forthcoming State of the Union address. Much of that attention will be justified. The speech will…

It’s a frequently asked question. “What can Americans contribute to political campaigns in countries we know far less well than do the natives?” We get good at campaigns because we…

As the president is inaugurated, the 113th Congress begins and the country confronts myriad problems, it’s worth examining the weakness of our political system. Weakness is not a word often…

In discussing Chuck Hagel’s nomination (which I’m not), a number of commentators described Israeli public opinion on the Middle East conflict in ways that are at odds with reality. To…

Just how much did the fiscal-cliff debate hurt the GOP? A lot. Politically attuned Republicans ought to consider the damage already wrought as they plan strategy for the next round,…

Commentators are rarely held accountable for their assessments. They should be. So each year I look back to determine which of my columns hit the mark and where I fell…

There is a natural tendency to assume that if you don’t know about something, it likely does not exist. I fell into such a trap recently, replying to a questioner…