Impulsive, tough-guy leadership in the White House—what could go wrong? U.S. military officials told Reuters that Trump approved his first covert counterterrorism operation without sufficient…
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Like Senator John Thune, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie isn’t a total Trump patsy. In an unexpected news conference yesterday, Governor Christie said that while…
Jobs, jobs, jobs— The latest report from the US Department of Energy (DOE) reveals solar energy accounts for the largest proportion of employers in the Electric…
Apparently South Dakota isn’t alone in sluggish tax revenue growth. Governing says that, even as we squeeze the last bits of growth out of the Obama economy before…
In the opening salvo of the fact-free Presidency, Donald Trump said to his fellow Americans and the people of the world that America’s schools are “flush with cash…
Donald Trump becomes the 45th President of the United States today. A moment parodied glancingly by The Simpsons in 2000 now becomes reality. Republican speechwriter Christopher Buckley…
Senator Lindsey Graham has taken a hard line on Russia’s attempt to interfere in our 2016 Presidential election by illegal hacking. Senator Graham also did not support the…
Hey, Democrats! The route to winning elections again is no mystery. Barry Lynn says it’s as simple as reclaiming our Bryan–Wilson–FDR–Truman heritage and reminding Trump voters that…
Asked to respond to a basic question about proficiency versus growth as testing metrics, Betsy DeVos, Trump nominee for Secretary of Education, served word salad…
Alec Baldwin assured us Saturday that the looming Presidency “is real life, this is really happening.” The Scotland Herald Sunday TV guide clings to sci-fi doubt: After…