It’s a story that John le Carré should appreciate.  The great British spy novelist was a master at creating mysteries that flowed out of the great craft of espionage that was so prevalent during the Cold War.  But the mystery surrounding Donald Trump and the Russian attempt to hack into and disrupt the 2016 […]

              When Barack Obama was starting the first of his two terms as the nation’s president, he said that he hoped to be the kind of transformational president that Ronald Reagan had been.  The remark was intended less as a compliment of Reagan’s accomplishments as it was a recognition that, for better or worse, Reagan […]

              Donald Trump has just completed his first six months as the nation’s president.  While the first 100 days are commonly recognized as providing the first real benchmark, the first six months probably constitute a more meaningful measuring stick.  By this point, a new president has a legislative record that can be assessed, has made […]

              If all you watch is Fox News, you get no sense that the basic ideology that most Democrats represent is justified, or even potentially effective.  If all you watch is MSNBC, you assume that all Republicans are money-grubbing millionaires who just want to feather their nests at the expense of those less fortunate.  And […]