Recent stories about flags at the residence and vacation home of Justice Alito and his family remind me of something broader I'd been meaning to blog about: It's depressing, in our era of polarized ...

The word "woke" is tossed around a lot in political and social debates all around the country. It's ramping up as Election Day draws near. The term carries different meanings and strong emotional ...

The Georgia isolationist isn’t likely to go quietly, as JD Vance may discover in 2028.

Tim Miller sensed the Republican Party was changing well before the rise of the current president. As a former staffer and big supporter of the 2008 John McCain campaign, he watched as vice ...

Ban: Merriam-Webster defines it as "a legal or formal prohibition." But in the 2024 election cycle — the first general election since Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that enshrined a constitutional ...

Maybe I'm just a bit of a nut when it comes to proper use of words. If I can, I like to use a word that conveys, most accurately, the meaning I'm trying to get across. I'm not always adept at it; in ...

Andrew Cuomo’s attempt at a comeback served as a case study in civic fragility, hypocrisy, party loyalty, and political amnesia. Aside from the credible allegations that once had the establishment ...

Every year for the past 25 years, I have taught an intermediate-level undergraduate course at Indiana University Bloomington called The Declaration of Independence and the Meaning of American ...

Roy Tillman swore it was his destiny to go out in a furious blaze of glory. Noah Hawley was never going to give him that honor. The "Fargo" creator believes in goodness, which is the reason he ...