It's normal for members of a president's inner circle to stick up for the man who was their boss. Most became great admirers. Typical is Harry Hopkins, who described his boss, Franklin Roosevelt, this way: "When great issues were at stake Roosevelt never faltered." And then there's Donald ...
As if anybody is being held in suspense 鈥� Donald J. Trump and Joseph R. Biden are two salty old men 鈥� one of whom will be the nation鈥檚 next president 鈥� again. They鈥檙e now, officially, both 鈥減resumptive nominees鈥� 鈥� again. And the American public is bracing itself for the ...
On a wall near the Historic Summit Inn registration desk hangs a framed page with the signatures of some famous guests from long ago. Two signatures belong to two titans of the early 20th century whose work transformed America and the world forever. Henry Ford and Thomas Edison spent a night ...
In my free time, (there鈥檚 lots of that these days), I find myself rummaging through some of the old columns I鈥檝e written over the years. I found one column from 2007 that seems to be prescient this week. 鈥淚 Lost Winter,鈥� was a column I wrote for the 缅北禁地 back in March of ...
Democrats are in turmoil, everyone, that is, except the Democrat at the center of things, President Joe Biden. Sure that he is on track to administer another thrashing to Donald Trump this November, the president is serene - maybe too serene, to paraphrase movie westerns. "He betrays no ...
This may surprise you, but I鈥檝e known a few Black people over the years. I hear they鈥檙e some mighty fine people. (Don鈥檛 ask me how I know that) According to Donald Trump, Black voters are falling all over themselves getting in line to support him for president. Take my word for it: ...
